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In terms of the [[United States]] [Electoral College]], a '''faithless elector''' is an elector that does not vote for the presidential candidate that won the state in which the elector is serving in. An elector can either choose another person—not in the presidential race—to cast their vote for or they may choose to opt out of voting in the [[Electoral College]] altogether that particular election season.
There are many reasons why an elector may choose to cast their single vote for another person or to opt out of voting. Many electors choose to vote for someone else merely because they are concerned with the capabilities of the candidate that their state voted to elect. In a recent example, four electors to the 2016 Electoral College opted to vote for separate individuals, rather than for [[Hillary Clinton]], although she won the states of [[Washington]] and [[Hawaii]].
