2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Historic Number of Electors Defected, and Most Were Supposed to Vote for Clinton
Washington Post, Kiersten Schmidt and Wilson Andrews
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Over 2% of Hillary's electors were 'faithless' to the bitter end.
Kind of explains Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, doesn't it?
Or did the Russians screw it up?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/19/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html?ref=politics&_r=0
SidDithers
(44,266 posts)Sid
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)That has nothing to do with the Washington caucus system.
But if that's the justification - whatever.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)They were empowered to do so because Sanders winning the caucus allowed him and his delegates more control at the state party level even though HRC won the Washington primary with a much higher turnout.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)And they didn't cast their votes for Bernie.
So who knows what point they were making?
Except - now we have Precedent Trump.
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)He had made it clear long before the election that he would not be voting for Clinton. The only way he actually became a elector is because of the caucus that didn't accurately reflect the will of the Democratic voters in the state. I'll give you the, 3 Colin Powell ones, but the Faith Spotted Eagle guy is a problem that would not have occurred if HRC's support in the state as shown in the higher turnout primary was accurately reflected in the delegates elected to attend the state convention.
KT2000
(20,835 posts)voter has changed his reasons for not voting HRC. I believe he just wanted attention.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)There were a number of Bernie supporters who voted in our Democratic primaries and caucuses across the country who had a point to make - and now, "it is what it is."
But as a Democrat, representing Democrats, I do not understand what point could be made voting for nothing?
This is like an exit poll - and just enough "Democrats" turned to statistically give the election to the Republican.
That is my point.