Posted on 10/29/2020 3:19:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
The former New York senator won the popular vote but lost the Electoral College to Trump in 2016, and supports abolishing the institution.
“I’m an elector in New York,” Clinton told SiriusXM’s “Signal Boost” in an interview.
Clinton will cast one of New York’s 29 electoral votes when the 538-member body gathers in December to formalize the Nov. 3 election results.
“I’m sure I’ll get to vote for Joe [Biden] and [Sen. Kamala Harris] in New York. So, that’s pretty exciting,” Clinton said.
The role of elector is usually a formality in keeping with the Constitution, which gives states a weighted vote based on the number of congressmen they have.
Although Trump told The Post in an August interview that he believes he could win the Empire State, polls show Democrat Joe Biden with an overwhelming lead.
Electors allow state parties a messaging opportunity or a perch to reward loyal allies. In the last election, many New York electors were states officials, but other spots went to union leaders and policy advocates.
In 2016, five electors who were supposed to vote for Clinton — from Washington state and Hawaii — voted for other people instead, including her primary rival Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Two of Trump’s 2016 electors also balked.
Clinton previously said, “we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it’s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president.”
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Should have been locked up.
What is Hillary doing?
Grasping bits from the straw in her broom.
and Trump wins NY ,LOL
Want to bet that she will vote at least twice?
That’s just such BS why such a Partisan
same people over and over so sick and tired of this especially her
It will never happen, but wouldn’t it be amusing if Trump won NY, and she had to cast a vote for him?
“What is Hillary doing?”
She will have to cast her Electoral College vote for Trump.
New York is part of the National Popular Vote Compact. Too bad it is not yet in effect, or we might have seen Hillary have to cast an electoral vote for Pres. Trump.
She wants to vote twice because she lost in 2016.
Sitting herself up as a faithless elector just in case? That’s the only thing I can think of. Well, that and she’s just a power-mad cow that can’t tear herself away from the ignorant supplications of her moronic followers. But I’m gonna go with the former.
Her anger is eating her up faster than the liquor is destroying her liver.
It doesn’t work that way.
Then she won’t be an elector if he wins.
She’s not gonna do it. And when she’s discovered not doing it, the media will ignore it. The left will praise her and Jett abuse of the constitution.
Say oh blah di blah dah.
Mrs Clinton is part of a slate of Biden electors. If Trump wins NY, she would be displaced by Trump’s slate. It is similar to the way it works in the primaries.
Not if Trump wins NY. He has his own slate of electors
When they pack the SCOTUS she will cast her deciding vote to abolish the Electoral College using her experience along with vile prejudice. And then soon after she will hold her left and right arm upward holding the hands of the Puerto Rican and DC first senators of the two new states of the Union.
P.S. Make sure Trump wins this election!
In the unlikely event that Trump wins NY, it would be fantastic to watch that woman be put into a situation to have to vote for Trump, she would not do it, but it would be fantastic to watch...
Lord I would give just about anything for President Trump to win NY and force Hillary to vote for him. I wonder if NY law allows electors to vote for whoever they want?
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