But they are stating tho’ Trump has the popular vote, Clinton has him handily beat in electoral votes. Anyone know how that is playing???
Take it with a grain of salt, but FiveThirtyEight has the reverse scenario as more likely: that Trump could win the electoral vote while losing the popular vote.
The reason is that Trump is polling below typical levels for a Republican in the red states, e.g. GA is Trump+7, SC is Trump+5. But he is within striking distance of winning the battleground states such as FL, OH, PA, and even WI and MI.
The Electoral vote may be the easiest to manipulate without committing an obvious crime. There is no Constitutional or Federal requirement for the Electors to vote as they are mandated to vote. If say three were to die in unexplained accidents or by odd suicides the other Trump Electors might just figure the better part of valor is to change their votes to Clinton. If she wins that way then any state crimes the electors might have violated in the process will be moot.
Yes, I do.
Electors are chosen on November 8. That's in 63 days.
So, the electoral vote count now stands at 0-0, where it will remain until the early morning hours of November 9.