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Massive Faithlessness in the EC

Steven L. Taylor
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Via CNN:

Trump received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton’s 227. Seven “faithless” electors voted for other candidates, costing Trump two votes and Clinton four. Hawaii’s votes — three for Clinton and one breaking from the state’s results and supporting Bernie Sanders — were the last to be counted.

I think I predicted 3, and we ended up with 7!  Amazing.

(And yes, mucho sarcasm here).

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8 responses to “Massive Faithlessness in the EC”

  1. Stormy Dragon Avatar
    Stormy Dragon

    It’s kinda a metaphor for how this election went: Democrats put all this effort into encouraging Republican electors to not vote for Trump, and after spending all the money all they accomplish is convincing a bunch of Democrat electors to not vote for Clinton.

  2. Just 'nutha ig'rant cracker Avatar
    Just ‘nutha ig’rant cracker

    Yes. Ironic isn’t it?

  3. gVOR08 Avatar
    gVOR08

    There was never anything to these EC stories except the supposedly liberal MSM’s need for a story.

  4. Mikey Avatar
    Mikey

    @Stormy Dragon: It was a lot easier for Clinton’s electors to make a statement, since their votes didn’t matter anyway.

  5. al-Alameda Avatar
    al-Alameda

    Have any of you ever seen Mike Judge’s movie “Idiocracy”?
    Well, America is there now.

  6. Steven L. Taylor Avatar
    Steven L. Taylor

    @gVOR08: There was a good bit of liberal fantasizing and denial going on as well.

    @Mikey: Exactly

  7. sherparick Avatar
    sherparick

    @Steven L. Taylor: It will still piss Trump off to lose two Electoral votes from his “Massive, Historical, Electoral Vote Landslide.” Those two Republicans were very brave because they can expect a world of harassment going forward this next month.

  8. MBunge Avatar
    MBunge

    @al-Alameda: Well, America is there now.

    There is a Mike Judge analogy that fits America but it’s not that. It’s how Judge went from the guy who made a movie about the hell of employees dealing with idiot bosses to the guy who made a movie about the hell of bosses dealing with idiot employees.

    Mike

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