The Undermining of the Republic

The Scheme to effectively eliminate the Electoral College

Democrats are once again doing everything within their power to undermine our Republic. Once again they use the term “democracy” as though it is the core of our governmental structure. The FACT is, It never has been and hopefully never will be. WHY?

Republic Versus Democracy: The Founders' Clear Distinction

The United States was founded as a Republic rooted in the rule of law. Article IV Section 4 of the Constitution guarantees to every state in this Union a republican form of government. In contrast a democracy amounts to mob rule. James Madison warned in Federalist No. 10 that “democracies are spectacles of turbulence and contention incompatible with personal security or the rights of property”.

The Electoral College: Protecting Smaller States and Federalism

The Electoral College was established to prevent urban areas from undercutting and disenfranchising rural ones. It ensures that less populous states retain a voice in presidential elections. Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist No. 68 that “the system balances interests across the nation”.

This mechanism reflects the federalist compromise at the Constitutional Convention. Smaller states insisted on protections against domination by larger ones.

The Stealth Strategy: The unConstitutional National Popular Vote Interstate Compact

The Democrat Party has played the long game relying on incrementalism. By contrast Republicans have often sought all or nothing outcomes and lost ground as a result. Rush Limbaugh repeatedly warned conservatives about this danger.

The most stealthy scheme Democrats have advanced is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. Under this agreement participating states would award all their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote regardless of how voters in their own state cast ballots. This would effectively eliminate the Electoral College without a constitutional amendment.

Constitutional Violations: Breaching the Compact Clause and Article II

The scheme itself is unconstitutional. Article I Section 10 Clause 3 of the Constitution states that “no state shall without the consent of Congress enter into any agreement or compact with another state”.

Legal scholars argue that the compact requires congressional approval because it alters the balance of power among states and affects non-compacting states. It changes the horizontal balance of power. Without congressional consent it violates the Compact Clause.

Moreover the compact conflicts with Article II Section 1 which provides that “each state shall appoint electors in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct”. No state has ever appointed presidential electors based on votes cast outside its borders. Norman R. Williams in his 2012 BYU Law Review article concludes that this approach exceeds state authority under the Presidential Elections Clause and that the proper mechanism for change remains a federal constitutional amendment.

Current Status: 222 Electoral Votes and the Growing Threat

As of April 2026 the compact has been enacted into law in 19 states (all “Blue” states), possessing 222 electoral votes. These include 18 states and the District of Columbia. It requires 270 electoral votes to activate. Four states still have active legislation that would add to the 222.

Once that threshold is reached the next presidential election would award all participating states electoral votes to the national popular vote winner. Candidates would no longer need to court flyover country. Campaigns would focus exclusively on heavily populated urban centers such as Chicago, New York and Los Angeles.

Consequences: Mob Rule and National Division

This transformation would convert the republic into a democracy in practice. The will of the most populous areas would prevail while smaller states lose their voice. Such a shift could literally cause a second civil war by alienating vast regions of the country and eroding trust in the electoral process.

This is typical Democrat behavior. When they cannot achieve their goals at the ballot box they change the rules. They frame it as the will of the people but it actually asserts the will of the most populous areas thwarting the balanced will of the entire nation.

A Call to Preserve the Republic

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact represents a direct assault on the constitutional design chosen by the founders. It undermines the republic one state at a time through an unconstitutional compact that bypasses the amendment process.

Americans must recognize this incremental strategy for what it is: an effort to dismantle the protections that have preserved liberty for more than two centuries. Defending the Electoral College is essential to preserving the republic rooted in the rule of law rather than surrendering to the turbulence of unchecked majority rule. The time to act is now before the threshold is crossed and the republic is fundamentally altered.

Michael J. Badagliacco, “MJB”

Michael is a father of five, grandfather of three, Mayor of Montrose Colorado, editor-in-chief of USALibertyReport.com and remains enamored by the genius of the founders and the Constitution.