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stopbush

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1. Doesn't matter.

Reply to cheyanne (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 12:46 PM

Oct 2016

Most EC votes are cast on a winner-take-all basis. Very few states have proportional distribution.

As Hillary will carry the states with the most electoral votes, no state EC voter is going to go faithless and vote for a losing candidate who lost by an overwhelming margin.

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HOw the republicans can use electors to write in Pence. [View all] cheyanne Oct 2016 OP

Doesn't matter. stopbush Oct 2016 #1