Could National Popular Vote Interstate Compact backfire on Dems?

https://www.latimes.com/politics/newsletter/2023-07-14/democrats-despise-the-electoral-college-perhaps-they-should-get-over-that-essential-politics

LA Times editor poses scenarios where Dems lose the national popular vote but win the Electoral College. He also argues that Dems should gerrymander where they have an advantage.

Charlie Cooper