I'm not sure what you mean by the NPV being a red herring.  If both a Constitutional Amendment and the NPV have as the same outcome that every person's vote in this country would be equal to every other person's vote, where is the hocus pocus.  Or is it that you actually think that because of the region of this country a person lives in they are intrinsically superior to a person who lives in another region, that their opinion is more important and that therefore their vote should carry more weight?  There are no fractions, only people.  You either believe in the concept of people being equal under the law or you don't.  States are land masses.  Once you start to equate them with people you go down a very dark road.  People don't root for their candidate to win their state, they root for their candidate to win the presidency.  The only reason to oppose the NPV is if you prefer to have the balance of power maintained in your favor at all costs, even the lose of democracy.  I don't.