Hillary Clinton Delivers First Speech Since Conceding Election to Donald Trump

Instead, you would have seen Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton holding rally after rally in New York City, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago.

Aides said the speech was planned before the election-no doubt it would have made a fitting victory lap had the results been different.

Patrick Rosenstiel, a senior consultant to the group, National Popular Vote, said that would happen in any presidential election year in which 270 or more Electoral College votes are from states that have that law on their books.

The rest of the contacts came in phone calls and handwritten letters.

As for MI, the state has already deemed Trump the victor, although Clinton is only lagging behind by roughly 11,600 votes.

Mr. Trump will move into the White House on January 20. With most people suggesting that Hillary Clinton was going to win, many Republicans were just hoping to hold the Senate and the House. Pennsylvania’s 20 members will meet in Harrisburg that day to vote. Candidates would need to campaign for every single vote, which means they would need focus their efforts on the entire nation.

Understandably, many Democrats are now decrying this system and are calling for reform – or to get rid of the Electoral College altogether.

Clinton then touched on the election results.

As the raging dumpster fire known as Trump’s transition process continues to burn and Clinton’s popular vote lead grows to unprecedented levels for a losing candidate, perhaps it’s not such a bad idea for the electors to consider their options before voting next month.

She will cast her vote for Trump because he won the state of Louisiana; but in the last few days she’s gotten hundreds of emails, calls and letters. A further 42 percent said they would refuse to vote, even if they had the chance.

“The divisions laid bare by this election run deep, but please listen to me when I say this”, she added.

Senator Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat, has introduced legislation to eliminate the Electoral College.

But, in a tweet, he said, “the Electoral College is actually genius in that it brings all states, including the smaller ones, into play. However, they can vote for Hillary Clinton if they choose”, reads the petition.

Electing Donald Trump might have been a gamble.

Mr. Gleason said the emails are coming in from around the country.