How Democrats Attempted a 2016 Electoral College Coup Donald Trump protesters demonstrate outside the Pennsylvania Capitol before electors arrive to cast their votes from the election Dec. 19, 2016, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Electors from all 50 states cast votes today in their respective state capitols. Trump won Pennsylvania by less than 1%, the first Republican to carry the state since George H. W. Bush in 1992. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images) Many on the left were indignant when the Trump campaign legal team tried to convince legislatures in several battleground states to appoint a new slate of electors after asserting election irregularities. However, four years ago, many Democrats, liberal activists, and Hollywood stars tried to pressure electors to reverse the results of the November election.