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Silent3

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3. Even though I agree the odds of the EC saving us from Trump are low...

Wed Dec 14, 2016, 08:11 PM

Dec 2016

...I can see it happening if there's enough anti-Trump sentiment that the electors feel they'll have enough company among their fellow electors to pull off getting Trump below 270.

While that in and of itself doesn't defeat Trump, it creates the "there's blood in the water" conditions that would embolden House Republicans to vote against Trump too. And if Clinton is smart about this, she'll implore Democrats to vote not for herself, but for the non-Trump Republican candidate, so it only takes a few anti-Trump Republicans in the House joined with all of those Democrats to defeat Trump.

If the odds of defeating Trump seem high, then Trump's threat is a hollow threat, and not so much of that rare commodity, bravery, is needed.

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Charles P. Pierce: Here's an Electoral College Prediction You Can Take to the Bank [View all] babylonsister Dec 2016 OP

I'm afraid you are right, Charlie. kentuck Dec 2016 #1

Wish I could disagree with him. GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #2

Even though I agree the odds of the EC saving us from Trump are low... Silent3 Dec 2016 #3

Republican electors will not only vote for Donald Trump, Kotya Dec 2016 #4

Democrats have principled political actors. One who Hortensis Dec 2016 #5

Seems we know the difference between babylonsister Dec 2016 #6

Shocking. The corruption of the Republican Party Hortensis Dec 2016 #7

If the electors fail our country... kentuck Dec 2016 #8

Same here. Do expect the electors to fail their duty. Hortensis Dec 2016 #10

I agree nini Dec 2016 #9