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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumSome electoral questions to ponder...
Does Evan McMullin know that winning Utah won't get him 270 Electoral Votes?
Does Jill Stein know she won't get any Electoral Votes at all?
Does Gary Johnson know what an Electoral Vote is?
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Some electoral questions to ponder... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2016
OP
onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. Answers:
Yes, but Notoriety.
Me! Me! Me!
Man, do I ever have the munchies.
Montauk6
(8,079 posts)2. Electoral... votes..... OH WAIT! I think I know this one...
You need five to win the White House, right...?
semby2
(246 posts)3. Guess
My guess is Johnson is expecting to enroll in the "Electoral College" for classes.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)5. LOL
Going to president school
LisaL
(44,974 posts)4. McMullin knows he won't get to 270 votes.
But theoretically him winning Utah could prevent Clinton and Trump from reaching 270 votes. If that happens, congress decides, and McMullin hopes congress would pick him.