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Democrats turn to 'faithless electors' in desperate, vain attempt to block donald trump presidency updated jan 09, 2019; posted nov 10, 2016 presidential election 2016.
Despite a spirited push by radical left-wing filmmaker michael moore and moveon, efforts to prevent republican donald trump from prevailing in the official electoral college vote yesterday failed. The left tried to get 37 of trump’s 306 presidential electors to vote for somebody other than trump.
Washington, after the 2016 election, strengthened its law so faithless electors are removed and replaced with an alternate if they don’t follow the will of the voters.
The nation voted on november 8, 2016 and donald trump defeated hillary clinton in assumed delegates 306 - 232, while losing by a large margin in the popular vote. Almost immediately, a large campaign to get electors to become faithless, or to switch their vote from donald trump commenced.
Tallying up the ‘faithless electors’ no member of the electoral college has altered the outcome of an election by voting against the candidate to whom they were pledged.
There were seven faithless electors - the name given to electors who vote contrary to the candidate that won their state - five among democrats and two for republicans.
The rarity of the faithless elector phenomenon is rooted in electors’ reluctance to reject the will of the voters. But it’s also because 29 states — including colorado and washington — have laws.
I actually agree with 2016 faithless elector, michael baca, when he told nhpr, i want to push back on the term faithless electors. I believe that we're being faithful electors or even conscientious electors because we're making sure that the president doesn't fall to someone without the requisite requirements.
Jul 6, 2020 the “faithless electors” decision threatened to have major consequences in the upcoming election by reshaping the electoral college.
Nov 5, 2020 states are not constitutionally required to respect the results of a popular vote, but federal law makes it very tough for them to ignore the voters'.
Virginia republican elector roger mcbridge opposed nixon’s re-election campaign by casting his vote for libertarian party candidate john hospers. The 2016 presidential election represented the largest number of faithless electors against living candidates since 1836. A total of 10 faithless electors went against their party’s wishes with eight democratic and two republican faithless electors.
There have been other elections with a greater number of faithless electors overall, but those have often been disputes over the vice-presidential selection or the result of extenuating.
Ten pledged electors refused to support their states' popular vote winner. Supreme court agreed to consider in the spring whether states may punish or replace faithless.
Christopher suprun, a texas republican, could not bring himself to vote for his party’s nominee when he exercised his duty as a member of 2016’s electoral college.
Hillary clinton conceding the the 2016 presidential race to donald trump in new york city on november 9, 2016. (photo: video screenshot) the electoral college dealt big media and democrat hillary.
A new record of 7 faithless electors in 2016 despite a spirited push by radical left-wing filmmaker michael moore and moveon, efforts to prevent republican donald trump from prevailing in the official electoral college vote yesterday failed. The left tried to get 37 of trump’s 306 presidential electors to vote for somebody other than trump.
There had been a total of 157 faithless electors until monday, according to fairvote. Org, a nonprofit that advocates for national popular-vote elections for president.
May 15, 2019 a new washington state law will remove and replace electoral college members who go rogue.
Nov 6, 2020 under america's complicated system for electing a president, the real presidential vote isn't until mid-december, when the electoral college.
In the end, the so-called “faithless electors” of the us electoral college failed resoundingly in their aim to stop donald trump from reaching the white house.
2016:there were 7 faithless electors (thus setting a recordfor a given presidential election within the definition of such electors as those who purposely vote for a presidential and/or vice-presidential candidate other than to whom they have been pledged [other (usually earlier than 1948) electoral vote anomalies in history are not actually examples of such 'faithless'ness]).
The seven so-called “faithless” votes cast by members of the electoral college on monday may go down as a noisy footnote to an otherwise chaotic 2016 election.
It's rare, but courts can toss out a will if it doesn't meet certain requirements. By one estimate, about 99% of wills sail through probate without a hitch.
May 29, 2019 five democrats failed to support hillary clinton and two republicans didn't vote for donald trump.
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A historic number of “faithless” electors -- seven in total--each cast their ballots on monday for a candidate other than the one who won his or her state.
“faithless electors have never changed the outcome of an election,” notes political historian larry jacobs of the university of minnesota.
The people who received electoral votes besides trump and clinton were: colin powell (3 votes) faith spotted eagle (1 vote) john kasich (1 vote) ron paul.
The ruling came from a case in washington state in which three electors challenged a law that allowed them to be fined for choosing how to cast their ballot.
The texas votes put trump over the threshold needed to win the election. The two texas electors were the only republicans to buck the party's pick.
The presidential election in 2016 saw a modern-era record for faithless electors, but five of them came from the clinton camp. Only two republicans voted for someone other than trump and pence. Colin powell was the primary beneficiary, receiving three votes.
But faithless electors are rare and have never swung an election. Five turned against democratic nominee hillary clinton and two turned against trump.
Washington, ex- electoral college members want the justices to declare that they can't.
Electoral college sees record-breaking defections the seven so-called “faithless” votes cast by members of the electoral college on monday may go down as a noisy footnote to an otherwise chaotic.
2016: there were 7 faithless electors (thus setting a record for a given presidential election within the definition of such electors as those who purposely vote for a presidential and/or vice-presidential candidate other than to whom they have been pledged [other (usually earlier than 1948) electoral vote anomalies in history are not actually examples of such 'faithless'ness]).
Feb 17, 2020 but in the aftermath of the november 2016 election, which trump won by 306 to 232 electoral votes, both of the named electors in each.
In the latest of a string of faithless elector litigation arising from the 2016 presidential election, the 10th circuit issued a decision finding that colorado wrongly removed an elector pledged to support clinton after he attempted to cast a vote for john kasich.
— nate silver (@natesilver538) december 20, 2016 (in 1836, all 23 electors in virginia opted to be faithless for the vice presidential election.
Jan 17, 2020 in 2016, one of colorado's electors voted against hilary clinton, the state's popular vote winner.
Elana kagan makes 'hamilton,' 'veep' references in supreme court's faithless electors decision. Theo wargo / wireimage file the nation’s first contested presidential election.
Jul 6, 2020 decision reduces the chance of surprises from electoral college voters in 2020 presidential race.
But from 1796 to 2016, over 20 presidential elections, 150 electors have not abided by that pledge, according to fairvote, a nonpartisan voting rights advocacy group.
Info a place to discuss faithless electors for the 2016 election related commentary why the supreme court was right last week to deny review of the pennsylvania supreme court decisions handed down prior to the 2020 election.
Dec 12, 2016 members of the electoral college should be wary of awarding the election to donald trump.
In the 2016 election cycle, the threshold of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency outright could have been thwarted by garnering a minimum of at least 12 percent of all republican electors to become faithless, that is, 37 of 306 republican electors.
Faithless electors are nothing new, having been around since the 1796 election when a president and vice president from opposing parties were elected. Faithless electors are not common, but there have been many times throughout history in which electors defected from their party's nominee.
Jun 29, 2020 every four years, the united states chooses a president and vice president. Millions of americans exercise the right to vote, believing that they.
There has been one faithless elector in each of the following elections: 1948, 1956, 1960, 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1988. In 2016, seven electors broke with their state on the presidential ballot and six did so on the vice presidential ballot.
If this year’s contest had been a bit closer in the electoral college (had clinton nosed out trump in the very close pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin races, but lost new hampshire, leaving clinton exactly at the 270 needed to win), then the announced intentions of faithlessness of one or more electors in the state of washington could have made the difference.
Miles was a federalist who had promised to vote for the federalist candidate, john adams, but instead cast his vote for democratic-republican candidate thomas jefferson.
It is certainly true that the 2016 election between trump and clinton featured an abnormally high number of electors willing to break with their party and cast a deviant electoral college vote.
Jul 6, 2020 the ruling rejected the argument that electors have “free will” and the constitution guaranteed them the right to vote against the voters.
Dec 15, 2016 (because that worked so well for hillary clinton during the campaign. ) the crew, which includes debra messing, bob odenkirk, james cromwell,.
Nov 22, 2016 in many states, electoral college voters are not required by law to vote for the presidential candidate who won the popular vote in their state.
These presidential elections brought out the wild side in our nation’s democratic process. Read more: how sandra day o'connor's swing vote decided the 2000 election.
If the election results tuesday come down to a razor thin margin, the fate of the presidential campaign could hinge on faithless electors.
But 10 electors were disloyal or tried to be in 2016, enough to change the results of five previous presidential elections. Context of a contested election, harvard law school professor.
Oct 16, 2019 colorado electors can currently vote for whomever they choose without consequence, which could alter the 2020 election.
In the annals of american history, only one presidential and vice presidential election was directly influenced by faithless electors.
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Many states have laws that punish faithless electors and only nine votes have been cast by faithless electors since 1900. And a presidential election has never been adversely affected by a faithless elector. But technically, votes from faithless electors count as cast, until new congress counts the votes on january 6, 2017.
The ten “faithless electors” of 2016 constituted the highest number since 1872, contested election. Iowa democrat abandons challenge to election she lost by 6 votes.
Every presidential election year, political parties and independent candidacies nominate their national candidates for president and vice president.
But the reports are largely unconfirmed, meaning the list of faithless electors in 2016 isn't complete and may not be accurate. Trump won by 306 electoral votes to his democratic opponent hillary.
Jan 17, 2020 washington (cn) – the supreme court agreed friday to hear a case on whether electoral college voters are legally bound to cast their.
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There have been 157 instances of faithless electors as of november 2016, including in nine elections since 1948. But have no fear; a faithless elector has never swung the outcome of an election. Twenty-nine states and the district of columbia now have laws that bind electors to the candidate that wins their state.
The washington secretary of state is reporting 4 faithless electors in today's ballot, with 8 votes going to hillary clinton, who won the popular vote there. 4 faithless electors votes for others — secretary of state (@secstatewa) december 19, 2016.
Hillary clinton won the state of washington in the 2016 presidential election but did not collect all of the state's 12 electoral votes. Instead, three votes went to former secretary of state colin.
North carolina’s electors rehearse for the official vote in raleigh, december 18, 2016. (reuters photo: jonathan drake) an elector’s job is not to inspire disappointed activists.
Minnesota had one attempted faithless elector: from clinton to bernie muhammad abdurrahman, a minnesota elector, refused to vote for clinton.
Jan 29, 2020 presidential electors should follow the will of the people in their state and vote for the winner of the state's popular vote for president.
Although faithless electors had no major impact this year, it has raised real concerns for the future, and is further indication of the instability of the current system. Electors may be less willing to cast deviant votes in a closer election for fear of changing the outcome, but we cannot know that for sure.
Washington secretary of state kim wyman fined the four faithless electors in the 2016 election $1,000, and chiafalo, guerra and john appealed, first through an administrative process and later.
In the 2016 election, donald trump had 304 votes from the electoral college to hillary clinton’s 227 votes. Because of so-called faithless electors, there were three votes cast for colin powell. Bernie sanders, ron paul, john kasich and faith spotted eagle split the remaining four votes.
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