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Originally Posted by Yamer
Also, only certain states legislate that the electoral voters must vote for the party candidate that wins the popular vote in that state. And of course the whole thing about them actually voting for a President on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.
I know this sounds counter-intuitive, but it's actually so simplistic that it makes it complicated. A popular vote can sweep in all the representatives, regardless, for a particular party. And then these representatives are expected *wink* *wink* to vote the candidate of their party. It's supposed to a contingency plan for the country, but the electoral college vote has become a formality rooted in nothing more than tradition.
If the electoral college were really looking out for the best interests of the United States, they would vote Trump out or enact some measure to stop this farce of an election.
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And throw the country into civil unrest? I don't think thats the best interests of the country.