They ' re pretty good <| sep |> I ' m not sure why everyone assumes that faithless electors would would automatically flip the election . There are a couple more steps along the way that would have to happen . First , the state AGs would have to certify the vote with the faithless electors . They could choose not to , in which case they wouldn ' t be counted if not submitted on time GOP controls the majority of state governments . Second and more importantly , congress can challenge any states electoral votes and cancel them if a majority of the house and senate votes to both chambers controlled by GOP . In either case , Trump would likely not get to 270 , leaving the vote to the house again , controlled by the GOP . In order for Clinton or anyone else to win , a large number of GOP officials and politicians would have to turn on their party . I wish it would happen , but it ' s not realistic .