10-15-2016, 12:14 PM
(10-15-2016, 05:55 AM)Nebuchadnezzar Wrote: Let's just hope Trump and Clinton can't get to that magic number and the Electoral College elects the best person for the job.
We can only hope...right?
So, interesting fact, the electoral college is not technically beholden to what the voters decide. When you vote, you are voting for electors. The state assigns the electors and then they do their thing. But, they can go to Washington and cast their votes for whomever they please. Now, the parties pick the most loyal people to cast their votes and changing the vote would end any potential political future they may have, so it isn't common, but still.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
