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Girard442

(6,067 posts) Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:53 PM Nov 2020

So if Biden takes exactly 270 EVs...

...I wonder what steps could be taken to discourage a potential faithless elector from flipping and bringing the whole thing crashing down.

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So if Biden takes exactly 270 EVs... (Original Post) Girard442 Nov 2020 OP

He won't take only 270. LizBeth Nov 2020 #1

id prefer not to have that situation. bullimiami Nov 2020 #2

Forget about it, Biden is going over 270 njhoneybadger Nov 2020 #3

Wouldn't it be just as likely for a Trump one who lost by 8 million votes to flip the other way? Dem2 Nov 2020 #4

Those electors are hand-picked by campaigns AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #5

Whoever that elector was VMA131Marine Nov 2020 #6

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)

1. He won't take only 270.

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:54 PM

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bullimiami

(13,083 posts)

2. id prefer not to have that situation.

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njhoneybadger

(3,910 posts)

3. Forget about it, Biden is going over 270

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:55 PM

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Dem2

(8,168 posts)

4. Wouldn't it be just as likely for a Trump one who lost by 8 million votes to flip the other way?

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:56 PM

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AmericanCanuck

(1,102 posts)

5. Those electors are hand-picked by campaigns

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Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:58 PM

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and they will be loyal democrats who have had a thorough background search.

VMA131Marine

(4,137 posts)

6. Whoever that elector was

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 06:58 PM

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Better have a plan for getting out of the country. If you thought Steve Bartman was unpopular in Chicago, he would look like a hero compared to a faithless elector who voted for Trump.

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