Most People Who Didn’t Vote in the 2016 Election Don’t Regret It

But the electoral college goes one better, or worse: It lifts the loser and declares him the victor, and rejects the real victor.

Battleground states like OH have little motivation to give up the attention they receive from presidential candidates, Alexander said.

How come every election in the US, including governor, senator, congressmen, mayor, etc., is decided by the popular vote of the people they represent, while the most important one in this country is decided another way?

President-elect Donald Trump began his day Wednesday on Twitter, re-fighting a battle he won last month. If it weren’t for California, Trump would have won the popular vote by 1.4 million votes.

“Trump received 25 million fewer votes than Clinton, yet he’ll soon be president”, Sanders tweeted.

Trump’s victory was sealed on Monday by the Electoral College, where he defeated Hillary Clinton 304 to 227, based on the results of the November 8th election.

“Colin Powell is beloved by so many people and respected by so many people”, said John, who cast her vice presidential vote for Maine Republican U.S. Sen. Despite his call for unity, protests broke out across the country.

College-educated Clinton supporters (55%) are more likely than those with some college experience (40%) and those with a high school degree or less education (20%) to say they have done something to oppose Trump’s election.

Seven Democrats and seven Republicans won the 14 elections before Trump.

On this we can all agree: We may be a republic, but we are not a democracy. This is the extent of what I heard, yet what they say she lied about wasn’t mentioned. “So, I’ll take a guess that 99 percent of these folks are all Democrats”.

“Campaigning to win the Electoral College is much more hard & sophisticated than the popular vote”, Trump tweeted Wednesday. That’s more than a disillusioned electorate.

There were anti-Trump protesters at many state capitols where the voting was taking place. Trump added another thought on Clinton, “He ‘doesn’t know much…” using the former president’s own words against him. In 1872, when Horace Greeley passed away between election day and the meeting of electors, the electors who were slated to vote for Greeley voted for various candidates, including Greeley.

“I deeply believe that equality is a virtue worth fighting for”, she said.

Peter Conant of Appleton said Trump isn’t qualified for the presidency. “I don’t think that’s proper”.

Although voting for the candidate directly is the easy way, the Founding Fathers of the United States namely: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington thought that direct voting might allow an inappropriate candidate to reach the helms of power.

Clinton is the fifth presidential candidate to win the popular vote and lose the Electoral College. Subsequently, on January 6, Vice President Joe Biden will open the electoral votes before a joint session of the new Congress, where they will be counted one last time.