What if Trump won’t leave?
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on whether he would accept the results of election day in November. What if Trump loses the election but refuses to leave the White House? Today on This Matters, Geoffrey Skelley, elections analyst for FiveThirtyEight, breaks down how Trump can dispute the results, why it could turn into an ugly fight at the Supreme Court level and what the legal checks and balances are to ensure the election winner serves as president. For the political nerds listening (respect!), Geoffrey gets deep into the different simulations, at a state level, at an Electoral College level, how the Constitution gets wrapped up in what could a full-blown legal battle. A lot of that has been edited out of this version but you can find all of that in the What if Trump won’t leave? (FiveThirtyEight extended cut for political junkies) version of this episode on the “This Matters” podcast feed. Trust us, it’s fascinating stuff. But if you want to skip all of that, just keep listening right here.
