Electoral College: 312 to 226 – Electors seal Donald Trump’s victory | EUROtoday

The vote of the electors within the USA, the Electoral College, has been accomplished – and President-elect Donald Trump has moved one step nearer to taking workplace. Hawaii marked the tip of the method: the 4 electors of the state within the Pacific voted for Democrat Kamala Harris – in accordance with the results of the presidential election on November fifth. The ten electors from the state of Maryland on the east coast kicked issues off on Tuesday morning.

During the day, all 538 electors within the respective states forged their votes – a purely formal act with no surprises. As anticipated, the Republican Trump acquired 312 votes, whereas his Democratic opponent acquired 226 voters.

Trump clearly gained the election in November. Not solely did he triumph in all of the essential “swing states,” however he additionally grew to become the primary Republican since George W. Bush in 2004 to win absolutely the majority of the favored vote nationwide.

While the “Popular Vote” displays the entire variety of votes of all voters throughout the nation, the bulk within the electoral school is essential for election victory. This system is predicated on the sophisticated “winner takes all” precept – which implies that a US president could be elected even when he acquired fewer votes nationwide than his opponent.

The electoral votes, together with their signature, might be despatched to Vice President Kamala Harris in her function as President of the US Senate. Additional copies might be despatched to the respective state secretaries of state, the presiding decide of the respective district and to the National Archives in Washington. The end result won’t be formally introduced in Congress till January sixth. The ceremonial inauguration of the forty seventh President of the United States follows two weeks later.