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This is basically just another case of people deciding that they don't need to use the mechanisms set up in the constitution (either to use the electoral college as stated, or to amend it out of existence), and I think there's been enough of that.

Protective function of Electoral College

Opponents of a national popular vote contend that the Electoral College serves to protect the country from the election of a person who is unfit to be president. Certain founders conceived of the Electoral College as a deliberative body which would weigh the inputs of the states, but not be bound by them, in selecting the president. However, the Electoral College has never served such a role in practice. From 1796 onward, presidential electors have acted as "rubber stamps" for their parties' nominees. As of 2016, no election outcome has been determined by an elector deviating from the will of their state, and twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have laws punishing such "faithless electors". Moreover, the National Popular Interstate Compact does not eliminate the Electoral College or affect faithless elector laws; it merely changes the way in which electors are pledged by the participating states.