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Electoral College 2016: Everything you need to know before December 19, and after ...


Millions of voters will head to the polls next Tuesday to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election (and some already have), but the outcome won’t be official for another two months, in January. That’s because the presidential election is decided by the Electoral College, and not the national popular vote.

It’s a process that was established by the Constitution that says a candidate can only be elected president if he or she wins a majority of the 538 electors. Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, therefore, must secure at least 270 electoral votes to win the White House ...


Who are the electors?

Some of the other Democratic electors this cycle include Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, in Florida; Christine Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, in California; and former Rep. Gabby Giffords in Arizona ...


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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/everything-you-should-know-about-the-electoral-college/

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In the Spirit of Sankofa!

To: Loyal Viewers of the Cross Thread,

Many do not understand the term Electoral College, its origin nor its power in determining the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates over the Popular Vote in the national election. This will set out, for once and for all, what exactly happens in the outcome of the national election through indirect means ...
https://destee.com/threads/color-of-the-cross.42995/page-83#post-448096

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)

I've never been a political person that's why I've avoided 99% of these political threads but here's my take on the Electoral College, like the failed embarrassment VA it should be dismantled & let the raw numbers of the voters decide who's our next head of state, not some skewed traditional percentage enforced by the Capitol Beltway policymakers, carry on.


Well, I've provided plenty of links for backdrop explaining electoral colleges, which is actuallyhigh school civics 101; but in a nutshell, its a fail-safe to prevent folks like the Donald from duping the public and gaining access to the ... Ahem Black House(White House).

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