Would Trump refuse to concede?

[emcee0]

I'm wondering if that would be a real possibility.

[Joe Biden is your president. Deal with it.]

If it's 270-268 with her winning Ohio by a few hundred votes.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

If it's 270-268 with her winning Ohio by a few hundred votes.

Anyone should refuse to concede in those circumstances, of course. Or at least do the Nixon and say "it looks this way but we're not sure/we'll figure it out later but you can go home, thanks" type of thing.

[Blue3]

likely

[Mr. Morden]

I'm guessing there's a strong chance that he refuses to concede even if he loses decisively.  Or maybe he'll concede, but then un-concede a few days later based on some crackpot theory about the election being stolen.  I mean, he seems to believe whatever conspiracy theories his Twitter followers tell him about.

[Seriously?]

I'm guessing there's a strong chance that he refuses to concede even if he loses decisively.  Or maybe he'll concede, but then un-concede a few days later based on some crackpot theory about the election being stolen.  I mean, he seems to believe whatever conspiracy theories his Twitter followers tell him about.

Seriously?

Trump will respect the political process in the unlikely event that Untrustworthy Lyin' Crooked Hillary wins the election.

[Lyin' Steve]

He conceded and was quite respectful in the primaries he lost.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I'm guessing there's a strong chance that he refuses to concede even if he loses decisively.  Or maybe he'll concede, but then un-concede a few days later based on some crackpot theory about the election being stolen.  I mean, he seems to believe whatever conspiracy theories his Twitter followers tell him about.

Seriously?

Trump will respect the political process in the unlikely event that Untrustworthy Lyin' Crooked Hillary wins the election.

Sure, if by "respect the political process" you mean "inciting violence and sedition".

The look on his face when he gets perp walked on sedition charges will be priceless though. I just hope Clinton doesn't let him off (the way Obama let off the Bush administration crooks) out of fear for what his Trumpshirt followers will do.

[ag]

He will concede and move to Moscow.

[Seriously?]

I'm guessing there's a strong chance that he refuses to concede even if he loses decisively.  Or maybe he'll concede, but then un-concede a few days later based on some crackpot theory about the election being stolen.  I mean, he seems to believe whatever conspiracy theories his Twitter followers tell him about.

Seriously?

Trump will respect the political process in the unlikely event that Untrustworthy Lyin' Crooked Hillary wins the election.

Sure, if by "respect the political process" you mean "inciting violence and sedition".

The look on his face when he gets perp walked on sedition charges will be priceless though. I just hope Clinton doesn't let him off (the way Obama let off the Bush administration crooks) out of fear for what his Trumpshirt followers will do.

Name one primary that Trump lost that he didn't concede immediately, including Iowa.

Trump may have raised a stink that Cruz won it by lying about Ben Carson (mainly to score political points in future primaries/caucuses), but he certainly didn't deny reality.

And unlike a certain other candidate, he had no problem facing/answering questions from the press in the days after the losses.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

He conceded and was quite respectful in the primaries he lost.

That's because he knew he'd win the primary overall.

I really do think he'll refuse to concede.

[emcee0]

He conceded and was quite respectful in the primaries he lost.

But to "Crooked Hillary"?

[Seriously?]

He conceded and was quite respectful in the primaries he lost.

But to "Crooked Hillary"?

Of course. Both Crooked Hillary and the Donald respect the political process in that regard.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

I'm guessing there's a strong chance that he refuses to concede even if he loses decisively.  Or maybe he'll concede, but then un-concede a few days later based on some crackpot theory about the election being stolen.  I mean, he seems to believe whatever conspiracy theories his Twitter followers tell him about.

Seriously?

Trump will respect the political process in the unlikely event that Untrustworthy Lyin' Crooked Hillary wins the election.

Sure, if by "respect the political process" you mean "inciting violence and sedition".

The look on his face when he gets perp walked on sedition charges will be priceless though. I just hope Clinton doesn't let him off (the way Obama let off the Bush administration crooks) out of fear for what his Trumpshirt followers will do.

Name one primary that Trump lost that he didn't concede immediately, including Iowa.

Trump may have raised a stink that Cruz won it by lying about Ben Carson (mainly to score political points in future primaries/caucuses), but he certainly didn't deny reality.

And unlike a certain other candidate, he had no problem facing/answering questions from the press in the days after the losses.

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He's probably going to try to incite a coup or revolution; he'll concede gracefully after the Sun freezes over.

[Xing]

If it's even remotely close, he won't concede, at least not for a while. In a decisive win for Hillary, he'd probably concede, then vent on Twitter for a while.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

He will concede and move to Moscow.

He owns a home in Idaho?

[Ebowed]

He won't concede, and likely won't actually understand that he can't indefinitely sue someone to make it so that he wins.

[Inmate Trump]

If he's elected, he'll concede D.C. to Vladimir Putin.

[Sir Mohamed]

He’ll likely concede on election night (if it’s not close), but then come up with several stupid conspiracy theories right afterward.

[angus]

Refusal to concede would be in bad taste, but not as bad as congratulating the victor by phone, then calling him back ten minutes later and retracting the concession as VP Gore did in 2000. 

Vulgar or not, a refusal would not have any practical effect.  It's the sort of sensationalist item that sells magazines and newspapers, so journalists and managing editors love it, but the constitution does not require the victor to wait for a Skype interview with his opponent before being sworn in.  The electors would still meet in December and cast their votes and a winner would be proclaimed.

[Lincoln Republican]

If he loses the election, whether he concedes or not, he still loses the election.

Conceding the election to your opponent is a mere formality, a gesture, not something that makes anything official. 

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

I think the better question is, "Is the threshold for Donald Trump to concede, based on the closeness of the election outcome, higher than that of traditional candidates?"  Gore wasn't about to concede when less than 1000 votes separated him from Bush in Florida.  Nor should he have.  But when does Trump concede?  A 10,000 vote margin in a deciding state?  20,000?  50,000?

"I won Ohio.  Believe me, I won.  The exit polls prove I won.  There were crooked dealings, voter fraud, and miscounted votes, and I'm not giving up until we have answers."  

[DrScholl]

Even if he doesn't, it makes no difference. People never understand that a concession is not required for an election to be certified. He won't concede no matter how much he loses by, because he's not sane enough to do it.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Even if he doesn't, it makes no difference. People never understand that a concession is not required for an election to be certified. He won't concede no matter how much he loses by, because he's not sane enough to do it.

Probably.  He has a reputation (and an ego) to maintain.  If he can "claim victory," he will.  No, it has no bearing on Clinton's swearing in, but he will go on insisting that he won the 2016 election until the day he dies.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Even if he doesn't, it makes no difference. People never understand that a concession is not required for an election to be certified. He won't concede no matter how much he loses by, because he's not sane enough to do it.

Probably.  He has a reputation (and an ego) to maintain.  If he can "claim victory," he will.  No, it has no bearing on Clinton's swearing in, but he will go on insisting that he won the 2016 election until the day he dies.

So he'll be like Al Gore minus the hunt for manbearpig and the rape allegations?