Oh No! She who would be Queen will not have that!
Posted on 12/19/2016 8:17:15 AM PST by Helicondelta
Maine’s four Electoral College electors will gather today in the House of Representatives chamber — as will electors in state capitols across the U.S. — to cast the final votes for president. You didn’t read it here first but based on the results of the general election, Democrat Hillary Clinton claimed three of Maine’s four electoral votes while Republican President-elect Donald Trump earned the fourth with his convincing win in the 2nd Congressional District.
However, one of Maine’s electors could defect and it has nothing to do with Trump. David Bright, an elector for the Democrats, said Monday he intends to vote for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who won Maine’s Democratic caucuses in March.
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Best. Election. Ever!!!!!
I suspect that both major parties are going to be much more selective about choosing electors in 2020.
Too many flaky electors this year.
A few California electors MUST be itching to strike a blow for Bernie. I don’t know this, I just feel it.
bummer
This is stupid. With the era of “Me” now upon us this doesn’t bode well for 4 years from now. You will have a lot of people building new youtube channels off of how they will vote as electors. Very shortsighted to encourage this
Oh No! She who would be Queen will not have that!
With only a few exceptions, there are no electors for the candidate who lost in a given state. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, West Virginia and every other state won by Trump only have Republican electors for Trump. The same is true for states won by Hillary Clinton.
The only states that are exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which split their electoral votes. Trump won Nebraska, but two Nebraska electoral votes go to the winner of the popular vote. Hillary Clinton won Maine. One of Hillary’s Maine electors went faithless and voted for Bernie Sanders. The single Trump elector in Maine (out of four) voted as pledged for Trump. Maine determines electoral votes by winners of congressional districts. Nebraska hasn’t reported yet that I’m aware.
I agree. Only extreme circumstances (and we have yet to see them) should preclude an elector from voting as their states decided.
I agree
Wonder if he’ll pay for that?? It’s not a vote for Trump.
I was thinking what’s good for the goose...
The only people encouraging this were the democrats themselves. Hopefully more Hillary electors will flip to Bernie.
Should we thank Mrs. Clinton for screwing crazy Bernie?
In a fair DNC race, Bernie would have won.
With all the free stuff Bernie offered, the basement dwellers would have all voted.
This is how it’s been this entire election cycle... everything and anything the left says is going to happen on the right ends up happening to them.
The mantra among the leftists I know and work with:
Sanders would have won the election.
Shows you how stupid they really are.
Dead elector walking....
This is funny yet quite serious especially if it were a very close election. So now the bribing, threatening and harassment of 538 people will potentially decide an election in the future?
When you look at this in retrospect, it would have been easier for Bernie to be the nominee, have Hillary as it VP choice, win the election then hand the reins to Hillary once engulfed in a major scandal prior to January 20.
Seems the rats took the long way around and ran into a brick wall.
Note to dems, wanna mess with the EC? Be careful what you wish for.
2 for Rotten Clinton, 1 for Commie Sanders and 1 for President Trump...OK.. Next state...
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