'Rogue' GOP Elector Says Others Will Join in Opposin...
bladeosaurus
[USpol]
bladeosaurus
Michael Moore is hoping rly hard for enough rogue electors to deny him the presidency.
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I totally get why people are hoping for this, obviously, but it would probably not be a great thing to happen precedent-wise
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broletariat: i am not an American so idk but as an outsider I honestly think it would set a great precedent and a reason to avoid the electoral college altogether
bladeosaurus
I don't think there's anything worse for the US right now than four years of Trump
bladeosaurus
abolish not avoid. but u get me
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I get u totally and yeah, as someone who's even less fond of the electoral college after this election than I was before, I would love to see it go! But it's so deeply entrenched that my worry is like
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if the electors choose someone else, we end up keeping the college but now there's precedent for it ignoring future electoral college results for candidates who aren't nightmares
bladeosaurus
I mean theoretically that's what it was built for. but I think they'd try to get rid of it
bladeosaurus
my concern would be Trump supporters going crazy violent
bladeosaurus
but they're already crazy violent and it's still better for them to be shits now than to be empowered by a white supremacist government and be shits for the next 20 years
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I mean I think if the electoral college votes in someone else that would be basically signing its own death warrant, which is should
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I MEAN ON THE ONE HAND I AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT FUCKING NORMAL AND YEAH IT SHOULD BE BLOCKED but i see what you mean about precident
ɹoɓǝɥdlǝᙠ 💤
I mean i think if the elector college does have enough faithless electors this year, what we will actually see is more states adopting the policy of their electors must vote the popular vote regardless
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Which would make the electoral college null and void anyway.
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only enough states have to do that to get to 270
ɹoɓǝɥdlǝᙠ 💤
Buttttttttttt i mean usually elections aren't this rampantly unfavorable against the popular vote winner so
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And next time someone like this is running i think people will take them more seriously orz
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rambles off
bladeosaurus
I'm hoping that if nothing else, there will be enough rogues to abolish the electoral college
ɹoɓǝɥdlǝᙠ 💤
Yeah it's better to let the states do it and it will be faster
bladeosaurus
It'll make sense after a Trump presidency. Also people living overseas and in Puerto Rico should have the right to vote
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yeah, i can't believe there are americans who have no right to choose who runs their country