The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is gaining momentum and getting attention. Political forecasting website FiveThirtyEight notes that with the addition of Colorado, the first state to join the compact that is not solidly blue, the Compact has reached a huge milestone and is two-thirds of the way to the 270 votes needed to guarantee the president would have to win the popular vote.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast also covered the national popular vote movement, and discussed the ways that the Electoral College system distorts the way candidates campaign.
In reality, the problem goes much further than campaign stops or advertising money. The Electoral College system also warps the way that presidents seeking re-election govern—and the consequences are very real.