Sherkeu
Illuminator
The loser, no, but Trump, sure we can imagine circumstances.
1. Trump loses the election.
2. Before the inauguration of Clinton, both Obama and Biden resign/die.
3. Paul Ryan then becomes president.
4. He makes Trump Secretary of State, a nomination immediately confirmed by the senate.
5. Hillary Clinton becomes president on 20/jan/2017.
6. After that, before a new cabinet is formed, Clinton, Kaine, the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate resign/die (some terrible epidemy).
7. The Secretary of State, Donald Trump, becomes president.
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Another near impossible possibility are the electoral votes in the popular vote compact which could switch Clinton delegates to Trump:
wikipedia: The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among several U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their respective electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Most of these states, all blue states, signed this into law between the 2008 and 2012 elections so it is pretty new. They currently have 165 electoral votes of a required 270.
To actually affect the 2016 election, 105 more electoral votes would need to be added (the compact needs a majority, which is 270 this year), signed into law by multiple states and in effect before election day. So, they have 3 whole weeks to get that done.
Then, Trump would need to win the popular vote. Then, the lawsuits, filed to contest such laws as requiring congressional approval or needing to be enacted before voting started, would have to be decided in his favor.
eta: I'm not sure in this circumstance who the "declared" winner would be. Each state is in charge of their own electoral votes.
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