The one scenario that could still get Hillary into the White House

[SissyFromSpace 20,884]

The one scenario that could still get Hillary into the White House

For diehard Democrats holding out hope that they won’t have to live through a Trump presidency, there is a last, incredibly long shot for them latch on to — a surprise twist in the Electoral College.

Though Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 200,000, Trump has won the minimum of 270 electoral votes necessary to be elected president. As of late Wednesday, he had 290 to Clinton’s 228.

According to the Constitution, chosen electors of the Electoral College are the real people who will vote for president, when they meet on Dec. 19 in their respective state capitals.

However, there is nothing stopping any of the electors from refusing to support the candidate to whom they were bound or by abstaining from voting.

There’s even a name for it: becoming a “faithless elector.”

Although the idea of the electors trying to reverse the vote is occasionally discussed — such as after the incredibly close 2000 election in which George Bush narrowly beat Al Gore — going “faithless” is exceedingly rare.

More than 99 percent of electors throughout American history have voted as pledged, according to an analysis done by the New York Times.

The last faithless elector reared his roguish head back in 2004, when a lone anonymous voter in Minnesota declined to vote for Democrat John Kerry and instead voted for Kerry’s running mate, John Edwards.

The rogue’s vote was purely ceremonial, as Bush already had 286 electoral votes ensuring his re-election.

Faithless electors are barred in only 29 states from ignoring the will of the voters, though the penalties are light. And a faithless elector has never swung an election.

The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College because they were actually “afraid of direct democracy,” according to FactCheck.org.

In fact, Alexander Hamilton thought the electors would make sure “the office of president will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.”

Given the high dissatisfaction with Trump among Republicans, a few faithless GOP electors could well go rogue next month.

One Texas GOP elector, Chris Suprun of Texas, told Politico in August that he finds Trump so unpalatable he would consider voting for Clinton on Dec. 19.

 

http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/the-one-scenario-that-could-still-get-hillary-into-the-white-house/

[Gagz 2,580]

Can we contact electors? What can we do?

[ZiggyZiggs 30,067]

Do something America! 

[Luv u Sum 2,534]

The electoral college is set up for a reason. It's a very fair system to make sure both parties have a fair chance 

[xoxo cupcakke 4,781]

Oh my, do we really want to be so petty as to sway electors' votes, perhaps through lobbying or perhaps through other means? #BottomsForHillary 

[Morphine Prince 109,654]

We aren't a direct democracy. 

I don't want people to have a false hope. 

He won. 

[Goosey 3,017]

aksjhka

It's like the "Bernie Bros" who were figuring outlandish schemes by which he would be nominated after it was clear he had lost/the DNC had made him lose.

[Yuuri 21,636]

Let's say he gets thrown in jail due to him not winning the court cases, will it be Pence vs Clinton?

[SKANK 14,288]

When things were looking bleak on election night I promised God that I would give up p*rn for a year if he allowed Hillary to win the election, so if you are reading this God, the deal is still on the table until December when the electoral college votes. Make it happen.

[Adakam 2]

As much as id love for it to happen, it would definetly start a civil war

[SissyFromSpace 20,884]

20 minutes ago, Gagz said:

Can we contact electors? What can we do?

not sure yet

http://aprincessboy.tumblr.com/post/152983677150/notmypresident#notes

[AlexanderLevi2 5,849]

Clinton is done, unfortunately.

It's better to accept and move forward than stay in the past.

[uo111 5,282]

19 minutes ago, cameron9814 said:

The electoral college is set up for a reason. It's a very fair system to make sure both parties have a fair chance 

No it's not.

It was designed to stop idiots like donald from becoming president actually.

And the way it currently runs is the furthest thing from fair.

Either abolish it or use it how it was intended, either way trump wouldn't be president.

[iCpro 14,846]

GGD you know what to do 

#BJsForHillary 

[KleinGa 18,177]

This will only happen if the current protests escalate and the nation is screaming from deep dissatisfaction. 

MAJORITY of the people did not want him. They wanted HER. That strong majority need to come out onto the streets NOW!