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In reply to the discussion: Can Someone Become President With 24% Of The Popular Vote? [View all]unblock
(52,116 posts)35. it's theoretically possible to become president with zero votes!
not all states require their electors to be "faithful", so once in they can cast their electoral college vote for anyone they want.
this has happened, although rarely and it's never come close to making a difference, but in theory, the electors could have voted for for someone who wasn't even on the ballot.
alternatively, even with 100% "faithful" electors, there could be a tie between the top 2 candidates and then the house has to pick the president from among the top *3* vote-getters. that third vote-getter in theory could have had just one lonely vote. not likely, but point is, it could have been a very distant third. in the case of the last election, it would have been gary johnson.
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With help from Russia and the continuing of gerrymandering it could be possible.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#1
Gerrymandering and vote suppression YES. And yes it does have to do with Russia
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#3
If you think election integrity is a right wing meme then you're speeding trumps story.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#13
Im Talking about all the machines the suppression the cross check. The INTEGRITY
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#40
If there were NO voter suppression that would never happen. It's only happened 3 times
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#42
Not saying there is no bias. And the EC should absolutely vote with the winner of popular vote.
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#58
They wrote all men are created equal but what they really meant are only white men
onecaliberal
Jul 2017
#61
Trump job rating in Michigan as of May was 61% unfavorable only 12% positive
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#15
Back in March Trump approval level in Wisconsin was 41% and disapproval was 47%
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#16
That is not correct. You need one more than half the electoral votes to win. Otherwise...
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#18
I did understand what you were saying and my response remains: it's unsupported.
stevenleser
Jul 2017
#53
It'll happen only after a Republican candidate wins the popular vote but loses the EC vote.
NYC Liberal
Jul 2017
#46
"which also deprive the Dems control of the Senate." - are you proposing eliminating states? n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2017
#52
Isn't it absurd enough that the losing candidate got 3 million more votes than the winner?
Tiggeroshii
Jul 2017
#63