In
the recently concluded U.S Presidential election, Trump won the
electoral college votes, defeating Clinton in major states, while
Clinton won the popular votes, amassing over 2 million votes than her
rival.
There's a possibility, though slim, that Trump won't be president
if electors in the elctoral college vote decide to vote against the
victor and vote against their states' results.
Read the interesting article by CNN.com after the cut.
The 538 members of the Electoral College are set on Monday to make President-elect Donald Trump's victory official.
In
all 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia, electors -- chosen
by the state parties of the candidate who carried their state, Trump or
Hillary Clinton -- will meet to cast their ballots. The gatherings will
remove the last bit of drama from 2016's unprecedented election season
-- and post-election efforts to persuade Republican electors to vote
against Trump, in some cases in violation of state laws requiring
electors to support the victor.
Heightening
the tension in recent weeks: Clinton actually won the popular vote by
about 3 million -- making Trump the worst-performing winner in the
popular vote since 1876.
Trump's victory is not, as he has
described it, a landslide. He is expected to garner just 56.9% of the
electoral vote, assuming all electors vote according to their states'
results. That will give Trump the 44th-largest share of the electoral
vote out of 54 presidential elections since the modern system started in
1804.
It's a better performance, though, than President George W. Bush's razor-tight victory in 2000 and slightly larger win in 2004.
Bush,
too, lost the popular vote -- but Trump lost by a larger margin. He
will become the worst-performing president in the popular vote relative
to his closest rival aside from Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876 and John
Quincy Adams in 1824, an election that featured four candidates and was
decided by the House of Representatives.
Clinton won 48.2% of the vote to Trump's 46.2% -- a lead of more than 2.8 million votes and more than 2% as of Friday, with that lead expected to grow as the final ballots are tallied.
There's no national meeting of the Electoral College. Instead, electors gather in each state -- usually in the Capitol.
Under
federal law, though, electors must gather on December 19. And each
elector must sign six copies certifying their votes for president and
vice president.
Two ballots go to
the National Archives. One goes to the president of the Senate. Two go
to their state's chief elections officer. And one goes to a local judge.
After Monday's votes, there is still one last step: On January 6, Congress has to officially count the electoral votes. Vice President Joe Biden will preside over the count.
Lawmakers
can technically object -- in writing, with objections signed by at
least one House and one Senate member -- to individual electoral votes
or entire states' results. If the House and Senate support that
objection, the vote or votes in question are thrown out. But that has
never happened.
After the votes are counted, the results are final, and Trump is officially set for his inauguration at noon on January 20.
Source: CNN
40 comments:
oKIES...QUITE A READ!
I hope he does
Story. Same way everyone felt he won't win but emerged a Victor all the same is the same way he will emerge victorious once again. Americans keep deceiving urselves not me.
Long Live LIB
I dnt think
Trump
Trump
Will read later.
Story for the gods. Linda take note!
Let time decide
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Read shit huh?SHAME TO USELESS SHAMELESS CNN. trump remains the patus! Killary killington supporters are out with millions of dollars to stop trump throw electoral college but shame shall be their food. HAD IT BEING NA KILLARY KILLINGTON WON WILL THEY BE DOING THESE NONESENCE HUH? for the good of Americans democracy they should desist from trump victory ooooo hmmm BECAUSE THE WAY TERRORIST BUHARI AND HIS HAUSAS TURN NIGERIA UPSIDE DOWN IS THE SAME WAY AMERICA WILL BE TURN UP SIDE DOWn if they touch trump victory. Trump has won is that he has won all these dirty stinking yeyebrities should go to hell.
DADDY DONALD J TRUMP REMAINS THE PRESIDENT FOR 8 YEARS AND NO BASTARD WILL STOP HIM.
freeborn is warning ooooo hm
#sad indeed
Read this shit huh?SHAME TO USELESS SHAMELESS CNN. trump remains the patus! Killary killington supporters are out with millions of dollars to stop trump throw electoral college but shame shall be their food. HAD IT BEING NA KILLARY KILLINGTON WON WILL THEY BE DOING THESE NONESENCE HUH? for the good of Americans democracy they should desist from trump victory ooooo hmmm BECAUSE THE WAY TERRORIST BUHARI AND HIS HAUSAS TURN NIGERIA UPSIDE DOWN IS THE SAME WAY AMERICA WILL BE TURN UP SIDE DOWn if they touch trump victory. Trump has won is that he has won all these dirty stinking yeyebrities should go to hell.
DADDY DONALD J TRUMP REMAINS THE PRESIDENT FOR 8 YEARS AND NO BASTARD WILL STOP HIM.
freeborn is warning ooooo hm
#sad indeed
Lol Americans and their confusing elections. Popular vote should be more important than the electoral collage or warefa.
Story...
This is where I see defects in the Electoral College System of the USA, as creative as it seems.
What makes the votes of a few Americans (538) more important than the votes of 62 Million Americans that voted for Donald Trump according to the laid down rules?
Why is the "conscience" of a few electors more noble and conscientious than the consciences of millions of Americans?
How are these electors chosen? What are the criteria?
He'd shock y'all again.
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Fact. So we can all stop that Adam, Eve and Steve nonsense.
Satanist are just fools, They like day dreaming.....TRUMP is the POTUS whether you like it or not
Impossible
Nonsense! Trump is the new President of the United States of America.
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TRUMP WILL STILL WIN
Dreamers this election is done and dusted.Hillary try your luck next time
Hm! We wait and see.
Linda why give some of these people hope?
Well *Fingers crossed*
We are waiting....
Whatever!
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story story.. how this one take put food on my table???????
next!!! (rolling eyes)
Americans are just westing time because Donald trump is chosen by God .
If it was man's decision,he would have not only lost but rote in jail.
The calamity of sodomity along has provoke God to subdue all human evil powers.
God have chosen to put the devil into shame so,I advise evil Americans to shut off their mouth else....God will disgrace them and make Trump the greatest in their presence
Anticipating
We shall see
Eva Da Diva...
I don't think Donard Trump will lose out on being president of the US. I believe his position as president-elect stands.
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Clinton won the popular vote because most of her votes came from California. That was why the electoral college was created. You can't have a few states decide the fate of a nation. Ev Everyone knows you got to win the electoral college in order to win the US election, even a moron knows this. So if the electors go rogue and don't vote for who won the electoral college of that state then they are undermining America's democracy. And this might lead to a civil war. People are sick and tired of these sorry ass, faggot ass democrats who can't get over the fact that Hilary was a very bad candidate and that's why she lost.
God forbid.
YES HE WILL.
hmm he'd still win
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Hillary Clinton Will soon be inaugurated as Americans president
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