silvergryphon:

darknerd-crossing:

robinthemagicbirdprincess:

theenigmaofriversong:

Reminder that popular vote does not decide the president. Electoral vote does. Donald Trump is not president yet.

The Electors meet on December 19th. Their votes are counted January 6th. They have voted against the will of the people before and it’s highly possible they could do again. The fat lady hasn’t sung yet. Hilary still has a snowball chance.

We will not truly know until January 6th. The only thing we can do now is hope for a miracle, but there is that hope. (Especially given that there’s also a chance that Trump will be in prison by that time and would be disqualified regardless.)

Ooh I didn’t know this

Looked it up. This is true.

Looked it up as well because I wasn’t sure. It’s not common for the Electoral College to vote against what the states decide, but it’s happened- and recently. Al Gore won the popular vote but the EC voted in George W. Bush in 2000.

30 states of 50 have laws saying their members of the EC have to vote in accordance with the popular vote, but apparently the usual penalty for that is just a fine. 

There has been a lot of talk about the members of Congress and the Senate being very uneasy about Trump. It may be worth writing to them about voting for Clinton instead. We have two months.