Electoral College sees record-breaking defections
Politico
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The seven so-called “faithless” votes cast by members of the Electoral College on Monday may go down as a noisy footnote to an otherwise chaotic 2016 election. But they also represent a historic breach between electors and the candidates they were expected to vote for.
The number of faithless votes has now become the most-ever cast in a single presidential election. The record was set in 1808, when six Democratic-Republican electors opposed James Madison. It’s also the first time since 1832 in which more than a single elector cast a faithless vote....
The only two anti-Trump votes occurred in Texas. One, cast by elector Chris Suprun for Ohio Gov. John Kasich, was expected. But a second, cast by an unknown elector for libertarian former Rep. Ron Paul, was a surprise....
Three additional Democratic electors — one each in Maine, Minnesota and Colorado — attempted to buck Clinton as well but they were denied the chance to do so by state election officials....
Chanti, seriously, either quote the entire article or don't quote it at all.
Cause the pieces you decided to quote makes it sound like the "faithless electors" were all or mostly against Trump. However:
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The bulk of the votes came from Washington state, where three Democratic electors bucked Hillary Clinton and cast votes for Colin Powell, a retired general, an African-American — and a Republican. These Democrats were supporting a failed effort meant to block the election of Donald Trump and unite behind an alternative Republican candidate. Powell turned out to be their choice.
A fourth Washington state elector — Robert Satiacum — cast his ballot for Native American activist Faith Spotted Eagle. And a fifth vote against Clinton came late Monday in Hawaii, where one elector voted for Bernie Sanders.
Meaning, out of the 7 "faithless electors" casting against the will of the voters, 2 of them were from Texas (didn't vote for Trump) and
5 of them were from Washington, who didn't vote for Clinton.
At the end of the day, Trump still wins, still got more than 99% of the EC votes that the people decided, and Clinton still sucks, even by her party's standards.
Maybe in 2020, the liberals/democrats can nominate somebody who the EC electors can all back. Let's find out.