2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf the Republican Nominee(I try not to say his name)were to get out of the race, what would happen?
Is there some kind of process in place? I'm hoping Lawrence covers it tonight. I think he has discussed it before. However, that was a couple of months ago. Now that we're one month away from the election, does that limit what the republicans could do? Thanks for any feedback.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)relayerbob
(6,555 posts)and Trump's ego wouldn't allow it if they could
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)dropped out who would there be that could prove they never supported him at all? Anyone who knowingly supports him in my opinion supports what he does/did/or would be willing to do. How many of his followers are going to prove they do not approve other than yaking their jaws about it?
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)unblock
(52,317 posts)Let's say trump drops out and the encyclopedia decides the real ticket is, let's say, jeb/pence.
Then suppose further that somehow despite the confusion and trump's name being on the ballot, the republican ticket wins.
The electors are mostly bound to vote for trump, but not every state requires this, and in any event a few electors have been "faithless" in the past, though it has never mattered.
So most of the republican electors vote for trump, not enough to get a majority, and the rest vote for jeb. Without a majority, the house decides, and they pick jeb.
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Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)They are totally screwed.
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tinrobot
(10,916 posts)Replacing Trump would create tons of chaos and upset a lot of the Trump faithful.
Hillary would probably still win, but they could claim that she "didn't really win" because of a chaotic election process (that they themselves created)
Cakes488
(874 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)He will still be on the ballot. It is too late to change that. Early voting has already started.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Other states are about to start. So obviously the ballots are already printed. I don't see how they could drop him now.
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dbackjon
(6,578 posts)You're voting for a person