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2016 Postmortem

still_one

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3. That is correct. If 270 votes isn't acheived, then it goes to the house

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Sun Dec 18, 2016, 08:47 PM

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Electors can just as easily not vote at all and prevent Trump [View all] Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 OP

How does that prevent trump? Johnathan146 Dec 2016 #1

That is correct. If 270 votes isn't acheived, then it goes to the house still_one Dec 2016 #3

If there are abstentions then the threshhold is lower kudzu22 Dec 2016 #23

I don't believe that is accurate. Abstentions do take away from the total electoral votes of 538 still_one Dec 2016 #25

You may be right kudzu22 Dec 2016 #32

The electoral college is such a sham. The best we can hope for is that enough republican candidates still_one Dec 2016 #35

It'll put congress on the spotlight and give them the chance to pick a normal republican Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #6

The only ones that can be sarisataka Dec 2016 #12

Ten democratic electors have said they will Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #13

So you need that sarisataka Dec 2016 #21

More likely that a house doesn't vote for rump Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #27

That is right, however, if the republican electors get together, they can choose a different still_one Dec 2016 #28

He still wins in that scenario because the vote then goes to the House and they will elect him. LonePirate Dec 2016 #2

But most republicans don't like Trump TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #4

My point exactly :) Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #7

Not. A. Chance onenote Dec 2016 #8

No way kudzu22 Dec 2016 #24

I really hope they do, but the odds are against it still_one Dec 2016 #36

The Constitution only allows the House to pick from the top 3 electoral vote getters... PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #5

It will only take one person to pick an alternative republican Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #9

Ten democratic electors are voting for a Republican rather than Clinton tomorrow? n/t PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #15

Yep Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #29

I would like to see it go to Congress because it would be public and in the open. femmocrat Dec 2016 #10

Trump electors can cast a vote for any fictional being. If his elector count falls below Hillary's.. dubyadiprecession Dec 2016 #11

Um no sarisataka Dec 2016 #16

A 269-269 tie goes to the house. dubyadiprecession Dec 2016 #19

That is what I said sarisataka Dec 2016 #22

Not zero. Republicans can be split while democrats unite behind clinton Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #30

It doesn't work that way at all SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #37

Actually you are wrong. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #40

Not according to the Constitution n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #43

That is wildly inaccurate. Ace Rothstein Dec 2016 #17

If neither candidate gets 270 electoral votes it goes to the House. PoliticAverse Dec 2016 #18

Totally, 100% wrong n/t SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2016 #38

I was just thinking the same thing. They would have to climb into his rzemanfl Dec 2016 #14

Give it up already. The Repubs in the House who voted against Trump getting the Presidency onenote Dec 2016 #20

the fact they supported him in the first place means there is little chance of them not supporting JI7 Dec 2016 #26

Absolutely. There is a very remote possibility that enough of the republican electors could choose still_one Dec 2016 #31

But think MFM008 Dec 2016 #33

Republican electors are going to vote for Trump oberliner Dec 2016 #34

Claim a sudden case of stomach flu and don't show up Liberty Belle Dec 2016 #39

This. Tiggeroshii Dec 2016 #41

At least some states have alternate electors. Jim Lane Dec 2016 #42