Some people are now discussing the possibility of faithless electors giving Trump the presidency. Considering that the most likely scenario of a Biden victory (I'm not saying that a Biden victory is likely) is 270 Biden to 268 Trump, which would require one faithless elector for a tie which would give the presidency to Trump.
In general, I'd rather not give the democrats any arguments of Trump being illegitimate, but they'll say that no matter what happens and a faithless elector giving Trump the presidency would probably create the most salt we will ever see.
I think the reason, according to historians, is because it took a while for everyone to assemble in one place and cast their final votes (which I'm pretty sure is why the elector vote is a month after the election). News traveled slowly at the time but it was possible that you might learn something of the President-Elect during the period after the election that might make him illegitimate in your eyes. I think that's the general justification for why the system exists, and please correct me if I'm wrong.
Some people are now discussing the possibility of faithless electors giving Trump the presidency. Considering that the most likely scenario of a Biden victory (I'm not saying that a Biden victory is likely) is 270 Biden to 268 Trump, which would require one faithless elector for a tie which would give the presidency to Trump.
In general, I'd rather not give the democrats any arguments of Trump being illegitimate, but they'll say that no matter what happens and a faithless elector giving Trump the presidency would probably create the most salt we will ever see.
https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/faithless-electors-could-keep-trump-in-the-white-house/
Is this why the founding fathers developed faithless electors? Or did that come later?
I think the reason, according to historians, is because it took a while for everyone to assemble in one place and cast their final votes (which I'm pretty sure is why the elector vote is a month after the election). News traveled slowly at the time but it was possible that you might learn something of the President-Elect during the period after the election that might make him illegitimate in your eyes. I think that's the general justification for why the system exists, and please correct me if I'm wrong.