Enzo wrote:And can we safely assume all faithless electors will be faithless the same direction?
This is like the College of Cardinals selecting the Pope. They select from themselves but are not bound to. They can select any male on the planet. Heck, I could be the next pope if I were younger, cuter, and could spend more time on my knees.
The Electoral College members can cast their votes for anyone. So while it is highly unlikely they will select Hillary, they could select another, more moderate Republican. They could also select 2 or 3. If none have the required 270 votes then it goes to the congress and they select from the top 3 vote getters. So they could send, for example, Paul Ryan and 1 or 2 others and let congress decide from among them. Or they could just select Paul Ryan outright.
This is the mechanism the founding fathers implemented for exactly this reason; to keep someone like Trump from reaching the presidency. Now we just have to see if it works. But I doubt it. The electors are all political appointees now, so will probably tow the party line.
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