MY electoral college prediction:

[redwitch]

334-204

[Demsrule86]

1. I agree...it will be over 300...despite the bullshit.

[barbtries]

3. duly noted, and i hope you're right,

assuming that the 334 is for the democrat?

[redwitch]

4. Of course!

I have been at DU since I was 47 years old. I am now 60. And I cannot imagine myself ever voting for a republican presidential candidate, especially not the worst one in history.

[Cha]

5. I knew! So what is the amount that a candidate

must reach.. 270?

I could google but wtheck.

Thanks, redwitch~

[Jim Lane]

7. Correct, 270 (out of 538)

If no candidate gets 270 then the House chooses among the top three (voting in the House is one-state-one-vote so would almost certainly be a Republican win).

This year there's a remote chance that it would go to the House. A Trump surge in the final week might create a 269-269 tie. The other path to the House is if Evan McMullin finishes strong to take Utah, and the two major-party candidates are very close, e.g. Clinton 268, Trump 264, McMullin 6.

If no one is at 270 for VP then the Senate picks the VP from between the top two.

[Cha]

8. That's some scary shite.. no fair for the House to pick the next president

Hopefully we won't have to get anywhere near that path.

Thank you, Jim

[Jim Lane]

9. In 1787 the House was seen as the most direct expression of the people's will

When this procedure was set up, Senators were chosen by the state legislatures, not by popular vote.

If we keep the Electoral College, I think throwing it to the House is a reasonable backup, provided it's one-Representative-one-vote. It makes no sense that Alaska, Wyoming, and the Dakotas have the same collective voting power as California, Texas, New York, and Florida combined.

[barbtries]

6. i won't vote for a republican period.

i know this is not necessarily a good thing, but they have done so much damage to this country. if it's a non partisan race and i can't find out if the candidates are republican or democrat, i don't vote on it. this has been true for years and years, but never more so than in the past 16.

[redwitch]

10. I have here in my little village.

There were times when no Dem was running. Lots of RINOS though. Very few RINOS anymore as Dems have finally made some serious inroads. These days, anyone who still identifies as a Republican does not get my vote period. I figure they have to be mean or nuts and likely both.

[Coyotl]

11. dKos election forecast is 326-212:

I predict Republicans voting for Hillary will turn GA, OH, and AZ blue with help from Latinos in AZ (371), and Texas Latinos may turn the Lone Star State blue too if they turn out (409). We have the numbers, we just need to GOTV. If we also turn Iowa, that's 415-123 given a blue TX (38).