SC electors besieged by requests not to cast votes for Trump

Clinton was only the fifth presidential candidate to win the popular vote and lose the election.

“I do think that a byproduct would be a serious look into Electoral College reform”, Micheal Baca, a Democratic elector from Colorado, told Politico of the plan to become “faithless electors” – the term for electors who don’t vote for the candidate they pledged to vote for. So, in reality, neither presidential candidate set out to get the popular vote.

Naturally, it’s extremely unlikely that Republican electors will back Clinton, although a protest vote could see another Republican taking the presidency. Merely complaining to your friends won’t help.

Agroup of computer scientist and election lawyers think Hillary Clinton should seek a recount because of possible hacking or manipulation of votes, NY magazine reported earlier.

For 2016 multiplying the percentage of votes each candidate received {in each state} times the number of electoral votes {in each state} results in the following: Clinton 256.985 and Trump 253.482.

Clinton may be on pace to win the popular vote by at least 1 million ballots, but it would take a monumental shift among pledged GOP electors to change the Electoral College balance in her favor.

“Just give me the phone”, a frustrated Clinton said. This source said the final numbers were so close that Clinton might not have placed her call to Trump without a push.

A report by the Washington Post suggests Donald Trump is skipping most daily intelligence briefings while Mike Pence is attending. A count as of November 15 reported by CNN, for example, showed Trump winning 2,279,805 votes and Clinton winning 2,268,193, a margin of 11,612 votes. It is expected that the House would still vote Trump into office.

Trump referenced the disparity while talking to New York Times reporters during a meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The votes in most states are still coming in, and MI remains too close to call, with Trump now leading by just over 11,600 votes out of almost 4.8 million votes cast-a margin of just 0.2 percent. “Campaigning is much different!” The bill already has been passed into law in 11 states – states that control 165 electoral votes.

Barbara Boxer has introduced legislation to eliminate the Electoral College.

State GOP Chairman Matt Moore is one of two statewide Republican electors. “This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for, and I’m sorry we did not win this election for the values we share and the vision we hold for our country”.