I saw this article in Politico this morning:
www.politico.com/...
Anti-Trump forces are preparing an unprecedented assault on the Electoral College, marked by a wave of lawsuits and an intensive lobbying effort aimed at persuading 37 Republican electors to vote for a candidate other than Donald Trump …
“I think it helps in a sense that it’s raising the consciousness of how the Electoral College works,” said Saul Anuzis, a veteran GOP operative from Michigan who is urging states to join the popular vote compact.
I believe that if Democrats really want to raise the consciousness of how the Electoral College works they should make a statement that the nation will remember by going, essentially, “batsh-t” and literally voting for some sort of joke “candidate” like Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck.
Simply trying to have some GOP Electors vote for someone other than Trump and sending the whole thing to the U.S. House to decide, as noted in the Politico article, is not enough to change the election results, as the Trump electoral margin is simply too big.
This action would be extreme … but these are extreme times. In addition to raising awareness of how the Electoral College works, we would also be sending a big “f-you” to the incoming President and the GOP; I’m sure Trump would be quite unhappy if he’s “disrespected” in this manner … and I don’t think it would hurt Democrats politically … after all, Trump won by being the biggest assh--e possible.
One point to add is re. how Electors in a number of states are not really obligated to vote for their state winner, see the “Faithless Electors Map” in the link below:
site.cisternyard.com/...
Even, where by state law, Electors are obligated to vote for the winner, as the Politico article notes, “Leaders of the effort, mainly Democrats, have plans to challenge laws in the 29 states that force electors to support their party’s candidate. Those laws have never been tested, leaving some constitutional experts to argue they’re in conflict with the founders’ intention to establish a body that can evaluate the fitness of candidates for office and vote accordingly.” Even if only some Democratic Electors, in those states where permitted by law, vote for Mickey Mouse or Bugs Bunny, or whatever, it would indeed be noticed and would send a strong statement.