National popular vote a crackpot idea; just ask Panama

Panama’s May 5 presidential election illustrates how NPV awards victory to a candidate most voters don’t want.
Did Founder James Wilson oppose the Electoral College and favor ‘National Popular Vote?’

Although Wilson toyed with the idea of direct election, when all was said and done he preferred the presidential system featured in our Constitution.
Stop the National Popular Vote

Governor Polis has signed into law Colorado’s participation in the National Popular Vote Inner-State Compact. If just a few more states join the compact then Colorado’s presidential electors will vote not how Colorado voters instruct them, but how California and New York voters tell them to. We’ve done quite a bit of work explaining why […]