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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
From my understanding that's not how it works but I could be wrong.
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No, they're nominated by the party (or the candidate) in one way or another. You can look at the list of electors from past elections. Here's 2012 and 2016:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ntial_electors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ntial_electors
It's not a coincidence that every state that voted for Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016 (Michigan/Ohio/Pennsylvania, etc.) switched from Democrats to Republicans as their electors.