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In reply to the discussion: Article on EV.COM Debunks plan to bypass voters. [View all]Thunderbeast
(3,459 posts)28. He is using the "tipping point" model
that focuses on the blue states that are most competitive, but are likely to put Biden over 270. If Biden holds the "blue wall" states (that do not have GOP Trifecta status), he wins. If Trump pulls off a win in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, the Florida EV play may be attempted. Current polling shows Biden further ahead in the industrial midwest than in Florida.
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That's My Take as Well, he Would Need to Do it in WI, MI and PA and they all have Dem governors who
Skraxx
Sep 2020
#1
Thank dog for a voice of reason and truth. The endless ways folks try to convince us voting is a
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#3
Just vote, rather than worrying about all the scenarios the COULD occur. We have Democratic poll
Hoyt
Sep 2020
#50
Why would you want to counter panic-stricken hyperbole with facts and common sense?
brooklynite
Sep 2020
#7
I didn't read the article, personally, but Mike Dewine is not a governor who would be onboard with
jorgevlorgan
Sep 2020
#15
Also Florida's stat legislature is in play. If the Dems take it, they are sworn in the next day per
jorgevlorgan
Sep 2020
#31
Unless the numbers change drastically before election day the margin is going to be razor thin
Doremus
Sep 2020
#55
There is nothing physically stopping the Republican legislatures from sending alternate electors.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2020
#16
I read it. I also read the piece written in 2019 in The Loyola Law Journal
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2020
#22
We don't need those states if we win the blue wall states which all have Democratic
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#58
And there's nothing stopping the governor and SOS from sending their own electors
Wanderlust988
Sep 2020
#35
Nope. The president of the senate opens and counts in the presence of congress
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2020
#37
So if we don't win a sizable election it they might steal it so it's not a fantasy. I agree.
Hassin Bin Sober
Sep 2020
#54
I don't see Trump stealing anything...I think we may be looking at a realignment election...
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#57
It is not but could demoralize voters. people play into Trumps hands when they
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#43
And what is the motivation for those here to post things that claim we are doomed and
Demsrule86
Sep 2020
#48
Bad link - goes to letters from readers about multiple topics. Correct link here:
Fiendish Thingy
Sep 2020
#67