Hillary Clinton’s popular vote lead over Trump exceeds 2 million

It is extremely rare for an elector to disobey the will of the public, and in certain states voters are bound by state law to follow the popular vote.

Democratic electors are launching one last bid to block Donald Trump from taking the White House – reaching out to their Republican counterparts with the plea they break rank and support another Republican candidate. Just as they were fired up and ready to do something about it the last time the victor of the popular vote fell short in the required number of Electoral College votes (Al Gore).

On Dec. 19, the Electoral College will gather to finally cast its ballots and decide, in an official capacity, who the 45th president of the United States will be. And by Wasserman’s count, Trump beat Clinton in 13 key swing states by a 48.5%-to-46.6% margin.

There are now 12,000 votes between Trump and Clinton in MI, where the president-elect has thus far retained a lead.

In modern times it has functioned as a formality, with the electoral college vote mirroring the state-by-state results from election day exactly, or close to it. Members of the Electoral College will meet in December to officially install Donald Trump as the nation’s 45th President.

I prefer one person, one vote. This makes Trump the first Republican to win the state since 1988.

Hillary Clinton’s margin in the popular vote against President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed two million, furthering the record for a candidate who lost in the Electoral College.

But, some electors in Colorado and Washington, have been lobbying their GOP counterparts in other states to vote against Trump.

However, the Electoral College prevents this because winning all the most urbanized states does not provide enough electoral votes to win the presidency. The election is technically not decided until the electors vote and then their votes are counted by Congress days after the next session begins in the new year.

“Three thousand votes are all that separate Clinton and Trump in New Hampshire”. During a meeting with The New York Times on Tuesday, Trump appeared to flip-flop on the system he had called “genius” in a tweet the week before. What’s interesting, though, is that Trump, more than any candidate in American history, has benefited from the Electoral College – but he still doesn’t like it.