Lets fix this???
#NotMyPresident
The electoral college does not vote until December 19th. We have 40 days.
What does this mean?
Right
now, the presidential election results are only a PROJECTION of the
election outcome. They are PRELIMINARY RESULTS. A candidate still needs
to earn 270 electoral votes to win. Hillary Clinton won the popular
vote, which means that more than 50% of the voters wanted her for
president. The electoral college shouldn’t guarantee an override of the
public’s opinion– and it doesn’t have to.
There are 21 states that do NOT restrict which candidate the electors vote for. Out of these 21, Hillary lost the following:
These
states are worth 166 electoral votes. As it currently stands, Hillary
Clinton is projected to receive 232 votes. Trump is projected to win
306. This means that 37 votes need to be taken away from Trump to bring
him down to 269. Hillary Clinton needs 38 votes ADDED to win 270. These
electoral voters can also abstain, which means that they can refuse to
vote for either candidate. If 37 of the voters within these states
abstain then no candidate will have reached the required 270. In this
case, the vote would be taken to the House.
Trump won
Pennsylvania, a state that typically votes blue, by less than 100,000
votes. While it is highly unlikely to get all 20 electoral voters to
cross party lines and vote democrat, it also isn’t impossible to
convince a few of them to be “faithless electors.” We only need to
convince 38 out of the 166. That is 23%. There are SIXTEEN states we
need to focus our attention on.
A move like this would
be unprecedented. However, as we all saw on November 8th, odds don’t
guarantee reality. Trump had a less than 20% chance of winning, yet
given the circumstances, enough people came together and made it happen.
We can make this happen.
Ask yourself this: What do we
have left to lose? We can stay complacent and accept that this country
will be run by a racist, sexist, islamophobic, homophobic, ablest bigot,
or we can at least try.
How?
SPREAD THE
WORD. Trend #NotMyPresident to let people know that we do not accept
being led by a man who does not care about our wellbeing. Email your
professors, email the dean of your colleges. The last thing a university
wants is negative press. Millenials can take a stand, but that doesn’t
mean we have to be the only ones. Church-led events helped bring a lot
of disillusioned voters to the polls. Spread the word in any way
possible, whether it be on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or even in person.
Stage a peaceful protest. Hand out flyers. Let the people around you
know that you don’t accept this man as your leader when he won’t even
accept you as a citizen with your designated rights.
These 166 people need to face the consequences of electing this man.
Do
this for the people who couldn’t vote. Do this for the people who live
in the very real fear of being deported. Do this for the people who will
have to face the rise in hate crimes. Do this for the people who have a
very real possibility of losing their rights. Do this for the people
who will no longer be able to afford necessities.
I’m the Old Guy Shaking His Head …
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