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I still seriously doubt enough electors will do the right thing and deny Trump the 270 electoral votes he needs.
I asked Stein about the electoral college the day after one Republican elector announced that he could not and would not vote for Trump, as projects such as the "Hamilton electors" were at work trying to sway the votes of enough electors to deny Trump the presidency.
Low probability aside, one of three scenarios could play out if enough electors defect.
However, no others have joined him publicly, and there's little reason to believe that enough electors will withhold votes from Trump to change the election results.
Even if a miracle occurred and enough electors came together to deny Trump 270 votes, the matter would go to Congress, whose GOP leaders now seem to have fallen in love with the man so many of them were running away from just weeks ago; Congress might well hand the election to Trump anyway.
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To prevail, Mrs. Clinton would have to persuade enough "faithless" electors to change their vote to her in order to beat Mr. Trump and pass the 270 threshold.
To become president, you must win enough states and their Electors to reach the Magic Number of 270 (half of 538 plus one).
ROME — Italian lawmakers failed for the fourth time to elect a president on Friday when the center-left candidate, former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, was unable to muster enough support among the 1,007 electors in Parliament.
They were delayed here for nearly two weeks after Wolfgang fell ill, but he was well enough to perform before the Elector, with Nannerl, on 22 November.
If Florida's votes are not resolved by then, or if a legal restraining order bars Gov. Jeb Bush from filing a certificate listing Florida's electors, then Mr. Gore has enough votes from other states, if current vote totals stand and if his electors keep their pledges, to reach a majority of the 513 electors actually appointed.
Under the status quo, all you need is a plurality in just enough states to get you to 270 electors.
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