Do the Electors in the Electoral College only get to vote from Trump or Clinton?

[Chasstev365]

Lord knows I want a Democratic President, but ANYONE BUT TRUMP!

[duffyduff]

1. Anybody else would not be legitimate.

These idiot partisan red staters will vote Trump because Hillary Clinton is anathema to them.

To hell with the country.

[onecaliberal]

2. 3 million more of us than them who think Shitler is illegitimate, because he IS

[duffyduff]

3. He is, but at least he actually ran.

I don't want any Kasich or Romney or anybody else who didn't do the legwork in the general election.

I think the public outcry would be tremendous if the EC played chickenshit and pushed either of those or somebody else.

[onecaliberal]

4. Clinton WON the popular vote and she ran.

[Quixote1818]

7. My guess is Trump would fall below 270 and congress would have to vote for President

Lord knows who they would put in there. It will be tough for him not to get 270 though.

[PoliticAverse]

5. They can vote for anyone that meets the constitutional qualifications to be President.

Doesn't even have to be someone who actually ran.

https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/electors.html

[Retrograde]

6. Nothing in the Constitution says they have to

By tradition - and by law in some states - they pick the winner of the popular vote in their states. But I don't think they have to, and there have been cases where an elector or three votes for a non-candidate as a protest vote.

[Statistical]

8. No. They can vote for anyone who meets the qualifications ...

if no candidate gets 270 votes then the top 3 candidates go to the house and the house votes on the winner.

Still if it is very very very very very unlikely enough Trump electors will defect to make a difference. Electors are the hyper partisans of the hyper partisans. Essentially party insiders, state campaign heads, major donors, VIPs, etc. They didn't get to be a Trump elector without the campaign being convinced they would vote Trump.

[Sunlei]

10. worse case is- Republicans move in VP & speaker. trumps is UNFIT, Republicans know this.

[Sunlei]

9. like 90,000 detroit blank ballots handed trump electoral 'votes'. The EC must leave ballots BLANK.

The only way they personally won't go down in history as anti-American assholes of the century.