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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFFS, Electoral College for once in your existence do something useful.
And stop a madman who failed to secure the popular vote from being president.
Of course you won't because most of you are party hacks. But sure would be nice...
roamer65
(36,739 posts)It's going to the House of Reps.
Statistical
(19,264 posts)The 306 electors for Trump were hand picked by the Trump campaign. This isn't like early US history before the emergence of the two dominant parties today.
In your state when you vote you are voting for a slate of elector hand picked by either Trump or Clinton and depending on who wins the state that slate of electors ends up representing the state.
So it is essentially like taking a poll of a Trump rally attendees on if Trump should win.
Yes a few electors would need to defect but the EC isn't even close. Hell 6 electors defecting would be radical but that would still given him 300 (or 30 more than he actually needs). The idea that 25% of the hand picked most diehard of the diehard Trump supports would suddenly defect at the last minute is just wishful thinking.
bdamomma
(63,652 posts)this man cannot be pResident. Or we all will pay a horrible price. You can see what he has unleashed on the country with his hate.
RKP5637
(67,031 posts)presidency, and so ended the US as known for a very long time. Fuck! Just plain Fuck!!!
tritsofme
(17,322 posts)And there is no chance that they would certify Hillary, or someone other than Trump as the victor.
Calculating
(2,954 posts)Such an action would likely lead to civil war, and then we'd have even bigger problems than a Trump presidency.