The sore loser compact

Published February 15, 2019 5:00am ET



Hillary Clinton won the White House in 2016, like Al Gore in 2000. The Electoral College robbed them. Majority will should reign supreme.

So says a sour grapes ideology driving The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact movement. Composed of 11 blue states and the District of Columbia, each member pledges to give all future electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote. Colorado is likely to be the 12th member soon, which would bring the compact to 181 combined votes. It would not become active without membership totaling 270, the number needed to win an election.

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