If Donald Trump wins the famously "red state" of Texas, he might not have the certainty of its electors.
Chris Suprun, a member of the state's Electoral College, "won't rule out throwing his vote to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton if Trump doesn't moderate his demeanor," Politico reported Thursday.
"I'm not a professional politician. I've got no training on this one," Suprun told Politico. "The nominee is … saying things that in an otherwise typical election year would have you disqualified."
The Electoral College is a constitutional check on voters in the general public, which has long since become a formality of staunch party backers, donors and political insiders casting their vote for their predetermined nominee. In fact, 29 states have law blocking electors from voting for anyone but their candidate.
"There is no federal law that requires electors to vote as they have pledged, but 29 states and the District of Columbia have legal control over how their electors vote in the Electoral College," according to FairVote.org. "This means their electors are bound by state law and/or by state or party pledge to cast their vote for the candidate that wins the statewide popular vote.
"At the same time, this also means that there are 21 states in the union that have no requirements of, or legal control over, their electors."
Texas is one of those states, holding 38 electoral votes, and Suprun is one one of those voters who might not follow the desires of Texas voters, according to the Politico report.
Trump held a six-point lead in Texas last week, according to a Public Policy Polling survey. FiveThiryEight.com currently has Trump with a 94-percent chance of winning the state if the election were held today and rates him as a 95-percent favorite in its polls-plus forecast.
But Texas might not matter, nor may Suprun's potential electoral vote, according to FiveThirtyEight, who sees a Clinton victory as a heavy probability.
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