Ironic: More Democrat Electors Defect Than Republicans


With electors casting their votes for the presidency of the US, liberals alternatively pleaded and demanded that they break their pledges and vote against their party’s candidate. Although most electors remained faithful and voted for their party, several voted otherwise. Unfortunately for progressives clinging onto the vain hope that Hillary could win, it was mostly Democrats, not Republicans, who break their pledges and voted for other candidates:

“Democratic electors in Maine, Minnesota and Colorado separately tried to cast votes for different candidates, but saw their ballots barred. Clinton carried all three states.

Ahead of the Electoral College vote, the focus was on whether any voters would defect from casting ballots for Republican Donald Trump.

That didn’t happen. But two Republican electors in Texas chose alternatives to Trump. One, who had said weeks earlier he would switch is vote, chose Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich. The other chose former Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul.

Trump sealed his victory Monday evening when Texas’ 36 electoral votes pushed him over the edge of 270 with 304 votes.

Trump opponents led protests, printed full-page ads in newspapers in swing states and even offered to pay any fines incurred on GOP electors who would be legally punished for not voting for Trump.”

Source: The Hill



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