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Hillary Clinton, Electoral College Elector

Journal by DeathMonkey

Good news everybody!

Hillary Clinton will be an Electoral College Elector for NY

Aren't you glad to know that your votes don't actually count and that Hillary Clinton is one of mere 538 people in the United States whose vote actually does count?

 

Reply to: Re:Have Faith, you unbelievers!

    (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2020, @02:27PM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 29 2020, @02:27PM (#1070372) Homepage

    Yes, they do. Each elector represents a district. If the district goes for Candidate A, the elector is supposed to vote for Candidate A, not for B, C, D, or E.

    Memory tells me that faithless electors have been dismissed and replaced with electors who would vote as their district voted, while others have got away with defying the popular vote. No, I'm not diving into internet searches to find out how many have been overridden, but it has happened.

    Democrats and Republicans may well have different rules to address this, they certainly have different rules for nominations.

    But, the core of your question is, "Who do electors represent", and that is obviously the voters. If electors weren't intended to represent the voters, then why bother with the popular vote?

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