07-26-2015, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by kane
This rarely ever happens. Trump has much bigger worries on his plate than to worry that the electoral college won't vote for him if he wins the popular vote.
Right now he is riding high and seems to be gaining momentum. But lets remember these polls only reflect registered republicans which only make up about 25% of the vote.
Like all candidates if Trump gets the nomination he now has to figure out how to get the moderate independents to vote for him.
As I have said many times the winner of the next election will be the candidate that can get the minorities and young people to vote for them. The odds of Trump winning the popular vote and the electoral college choosing to vote against him are microscopic.
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AFAIK, it has never happened in recent times. But then again I don't know if a presidential candidate has ever slammed his own party establishment as publicly as Trump. Political parties are able to appoint their own electoral college members. So if Trump runs as the GOP candidate, and wins enough states, but at the same time pisses off the GOP establishment far enough, who's to say that any one state GOP party won't appoint members on the condition that they do not vote for Trump?
That's also assuming he gets past the GOP convention and actually gets nominated. I am not an expert on the details of how the conventions work, but I think they are pretty well controlled by the party establishment. |
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