Democrats are feeling mad with power right now, and they’re dangerous enough to act on it.

One imminent danger is that because of dramatic Democratic gains in state legislatures, they may now push to repeal the Electoral College and effectively force the nation to select the next president using a nationwide popular vote.

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is a scheme among states to award their votes in the Electoral College to the candidate who gets the most votes for president nationally, not just in their own state. There are 18 states plus the District of Columbia, which has 3 electoral votes, that have already ratified its provisions. The compact only takes effect once there are states with enough electors in it to reach or surpass 270 votes, which is the number needed to win the White House.

That’s where Democrats are today after the Blue Tsunami. If Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada all join, the number of electoral votes needed to put the compact’s terms into effect would cross the 270 threshold.

There is a big dispute about whether this gambit would be Constitutional.  We think it clearly is not.

What is certain is that the 10 or so smallest states would surrender all political power to the big states like California, Texas, Florida and New York. Why would they agree to do that?