Any chance to avert doom? Probably not. There will dancing in the streets to the tune of 'Happy Days are Here Again" by some and mourning of all those who will be dressed in black with funereal dirges in the background for others. Sadly.
This is what you got, and how your system works. You do not vote by the popular vote but by an electoral.
Justice Robert Jackson wrote: "no one faithful to our history can deny that the plan originally contemplated what is implicit in its text – that electors would be free agents, to exercise an independent and nonpartisan judgment as to the men best qualified for the Nation's highest offices."
Source: wikipedia
The founding fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens
Source: NARA
There is no Constitutional provision or Federal law that requires Electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their states. Some states, however, require Electors to cast their votes according to the popular vote. These pledges fall into two categories—Electors bound by state law and those bound by pledges to political parties.
Source: NARA
Would you do what you are told even when you KNOW it's wrong? Why? Thank you for your reply m2c.
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