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Nov 4, 2020 · Faithless electors are not common, and they've never changed the outcome of a presidential election, according to FairVote, a nonprofit that advocates electoral reform.
Historically, faithless electors have been uncommon, and they have never changed the outcome of a presidential election. According to FairVote, out of 23,507 electoral votes counted throughout U.S. history, only 90 electors did not vote for their party's presidential nominee.
Oct 21, 2020 · Faithless electors have never changed an election outcome. But in this chaotic election year, their potential to disrupt the presidential election may loom larger.
Dec 13, 2020 · Have faithless electors ever swung an election? It’s never happened, though there are past examples where – theoretically– faithless electors could have changed an election outcome.
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Jul 6, 2020 · So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes. It takes 270 electoral...
Jul 14, 2020 · If the political parties do their job carefully and well, faithless electors cannot have any effect on the outcome of a presidential election—under either the current system or the...
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Oct 26, 2020 · So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a U.S. presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.
