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2016 Postmortem

davidpdx

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23. A faithless elector

Reply to flowomo (Original post)

Thu Oct 25, 2012, 12:39 AM

Oct 2012

Especially one that was suppose to vote for Romney that voted for Obama would have to go into the witness protection program for the rest of their life. Think of all the loonies who would go after that person.

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The 269-269 scenario doesn't take into account the possibility [View all] flowomo Oct 2012 OP

269-269 isn't gonna happen! It'll be 331 for O n/t courseofhistory Oct 2012 #1

Whatever your prediction is, flowomo Oct 2012 #2

Obama: 333 Tx4obama Oct 2012 #8

I'm going to see your 333 and raise you a couple of states Coyotl Oct 2012 #12

Great map, but what about puting GA and MT as blue too. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #15

Do join in the prognostication Coyotl Oct 2012 #20

I agree with you on the map except for two: Indiana and Arizona davidpdx Oct 2012 #22

Obama would need to hold all of his electors, and get one vote from Romney's electors. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3

right but flowomo Oct 2012 #4

True because the electors cast their votes in dec and we would know by then. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #5

exactly flowomo Oct 2012 #6

Not necessarily RomneyLies Oct 2012 #7

That is right someone could just keep his mouth shut, and ... hrmjustin Oct 2012 #13

If Gore could not get a faithless elector Obama won't either krawhitham Oct 2012 #9

this system is a joke and at some point it's got to be replaced with something democratic CreekDog Oct 2012 #10

Isn't this election a big enough pain in the ass without doc03 Oct 2012 #11

+1 ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #14

I always told my kids: "Anything can happen on any given day." southerncrone Oct 2012 #16

This bullshit reminds me of a wall plaque I saw in doc03 Oct 2012 #17

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Oct 2012 #18

It'll be one or the other but not a tie. It's just not mathematically likely. craigmatic Oct 2012 #19

This is one of the more realistic "tie maps" fujiyama Oct 2012 #21

A faithless elector davidpdx Oct 2012 #23

The 269-269 scenario is fun speculation for political wonks. It's not gonna happen. n/t gkhouston Oct 2012 #24