Trump Defeated Clinton By 10704 Votes In Michigan: Unofficial Tally

Michael Banerian wants to show that young adults still have faith in the political system, but he said his selection as one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters has prompted emails urging him to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton and even threatening death. Also noteworthy: Clinton’s 64-plus million votes is nearing in on the 65.9 million Barack Obama won in 2012. A count as of November 15 reported by CNN, for example, showed Trump winning 2,279,805 votes and Clinton winning 2,268,193, a margin of 11,612 votes.

As many as 7,143,347 votes went to third party, write-ins, or independent candidates, the data revealed. If Clinton had won all three of those states, then she would have had enough electoral votes to win the election.

If you didn’t figure out during the 2016 presidential election that President-elect Donald Trump refuses to be pinned down on issues, consider this your refresher course. Trump earned 4,118,192, compared to Clinton’s 7,849,248. We propose instead nationalizing the system used in Nebraska and ME, where one electoral vote is awarded to the victor of each congressional district, with two additional electoral votes awarded to the overall victor of that state. This method means a candidate can get the most popular votes nationwide but still lose the election.

“Three thousand votes are all that separate Clinton and Trump in New Hampshire”. If it stands, the two-tenths of a percentage point margin would be the closest in a MI presidential race in more than 75 years.

She claimed “statistical anomalies” in the three battleground states had raised concerns over the veracity of the results and cited the Green Party’s successful demand for a recount in OH in 2004 – which resulted in two officials being convicted of vote-rigging – as evidence that it was a cause worth pursuing. They introduced the Electoral College as one last safety net that we would hopefully never need. It takes money, manpower and accurate voting machines to get every vote counted correctly, he explained why the counting takes so long. They have until December 19, when electors gather in statehouses across the nation to formally record their votes for president.

The Electoral College was created to ensure that any state in the union has representation, and that remains an important factor today. “The campaign was vicious”, Mr. Trump said during the interview reported by Washington Times. Trump has avoided a public press conference since the election. “Campaigning is much different!” George W. Bush in the popular vote, but lost the recount in Florida – giving Bush the needed electoral votes to win the executive branch.

All ignoring that the reason the electoral college was implemented was to prevent big cities and big states from having a lock on the presidency, and from dominating our republic.