Before now, this college's step in a US presidential election is a rubber stamp formality that tends to go unnoticed. But not this time.
The country is bitterly divided following Trump‘s shock win over Hillary Clinton, with the woman defeating Trump with nearly three million votes in the actual voting.
Plus, there’s uproar over allegations of Russian hacking of Democrats during the campaign to sway the vote in favor of Trump.
When US voters cast their ballots on November 8, they did not directly elect the next president but rather 538 electors charged with translating their wishes into reality.
Trump won a clear majority of those electors: 306. At least 270 are needed for election.
Electors — most of them party members without name recognition — gathered on Monday in each state plus the District of Columbia that houses the capital Washington to officially designate the next president and vice president.
When US voters cast their ballots on November 8, they did not directly elect the next president but rather 538 electors charged with translating their wishes into reality.
Trump won a clear majority of those electors: 306. At least 270 are needed for election.
Electors — most of them party members without name recognition — gathered on Monday in each state plus the District of Columbia that houses the capital Washington to officially designate the next president and vice president.
And Trump gets it. It is settled!
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