Liberals love to hate the Electoral College, which gave Donald Trump victory in 2016 even as Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes. But at least one Democrat, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, is standing up for the college’s virtues. On Thursday Mr. Sisolak vetoed a bill meant to circumvent the Electoral College. Because, he said, it would “diminish the role of smaller states like Nevada in national electoral contests and force Nevada’s electors to side with whoever wins the nationwide popular vote, rather...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 31, 2019 22:52 UTC