Any Faithless Elector(s) in 2008?

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A faithless elector is a member of the United States electoral college who does not cast his/her electoral vote for the person whom they have pledged to elect. Political parties choose their slate of electors in each state, and they generally select party members with a reputation for high loyalty to the party and its candidate. Moreover, a faithless elector runs a risk of censure and other political retaliation from his party. Thus, the parties have generally been successful in keeping their electors faithful, leaving out the cases in which a candidate died before the elector was able to cast a vote.

There were faithless electors in the 2000 and 2004 elections. To date, faithless electors have never changed the otherwise expected outcome of the election.

Will there be any this year?

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