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2016 Postmortem

TrogL

(32,825 posts) Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:08 PM Dec 2016

Hamilton electoral voters. Is this worth backing? [View all]

Faithless Electors

The renegade group believes it is the responsibility of the 538 electors who make up the electoral college to show moral courage in preventing demagogues and other threats to the nation from gaining the keys to the White House, as the founding fathers intended.

They intend to vote for "Hamilton" or others.

Apparently it's only a $1000 fine to do so.

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Hamilton electoral voters. Is this worth backing? [View all] TrogL Dec 2016 OP

No portlander23 Dec 2016 #1

Donald Quixote might say yes. n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #2

Why not? That's subsidizing them by $42,000 in order to support a 2.1 million popular vote. ancianita Dec 2016 #3

Do you have a source for that citood Dec 2016 #4

Politico. Among the "Faithless" electors. ancianita Dec 2016 #5

Nothing in that link indicates Trump electors are bailing citood Dec 2016 #7

Okay. Well, I saw that reference but didn't give it enough thought. ancianita Dec 2016 #14

These "faithless" electors are NOT going to vote for Hillary! Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #6

What exactly does Hillary need electoral votes for? LisaL Dec 2016 #9

She doesn't need those electoral votes. Shemp Howard Dec 2016 #10

If none of the republicans are going to do it then obviously the whole scheme makes no LisaL Dec 2016 #11

Link for this, please. Of the fifteen states that have 'faithless' electors, only one is blue, IIRC. ancianita Dec 2016 #13

Yes. You're missing something FBaggins Dec 2016 #15

Okay. But how can you disregard that a majority of faithless electors are from red states ancianita Dec 2016 #17

I can disregard it easily - because it isn't true. FBaggins Dec 2016 #19

So that's it? Just give up? As I said to TrogL, Georgia, Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, ancianita Dec 2016 #20

We are not left with just "give up" or "get behind nutty notion with no chance of victory" FBaggins Dec 2016 #24

Don't you think electors of those states would hold their intentions away from media scrutiny? ancianita Dec 2016 #22

I think the electors in those states are almost all Trump voters FBaggins Dec 2016 #23

medicare enid602 Dec 2016 #27

Republicans FBaggins Dec 2016 #29

Link? triron Dec 2016 #8

It was supposed to be breaking at the time, and names not given. ancianita Dec 2016 #12

Hamilton Electors are sneakily fooling Democrats! They are anti-HRC! Madam45for2923 Dec 2016 #16

We could try to trust them. I tend to doubt they'll see DT for what he is, but stuff happens. ancianita Dec 2016 #18

Popular vote margin now 2,597,156. Coyotl Dec 2016 #21

No, because even if every single one picks Clinton, the House rejects and we get Trump Amishman Dec 2016 #25

Suppose Trump doesn't get 270 and neither does Hillary. TrogL Dec 2016 #26

What would be the point? J_William_Ryan Dec 2016 #28