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The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 117th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6–7, 2021, was held as the final step to confirm then President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election over incumbent President Donald Trump.
The margin of victory in a presidential election is the difference between the number of Electoral College votes garnered by the candidate with an absolute majority of electoral votes (since 1964, it has been 270 out of 538) and the number received by the second place candidate (currently in the range of 2 to 538, a margin of one vote is only possible with an odd total number of electors or a ...
Unlike simple congressional district comparisons, the district plan popular vote bonus in the 2008 election would have given Obama 56% of the Electoral College versus the 68% he did win; it "would have more closely approximated the percentage of the popular vote won [53%]". [222]
With 99% of votes counted as of 7:30 a.m., Harris is at 64.4% of the vote, or 235,689 votes cast for her. Trump has 119,349 votes. He won Vermont's northeastern counties, Essex and Orleans.
It’s time to put the Electoral College into history’s dust bin. Divide the electoral votes according to the percentage each candidate received.
Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) prepare to read the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint ...
This is because presidential elections are indirect elections; the votes cast on Election Day are not cast directly for a candidate but for members of the Electoral College. The Electoral College's electors then formally elect the president and vice president. [2] [3] The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1804) provides the ...
Won the popular vote and received the most electoral votes, but lost the electoral college majority and contingent election. [c] John St. John: 1884: Prohibition: 147,482 1.50% Third-party candidate. Alson Streeter: 1888: Union Labor: 146,602 1.31% Third-party candidate. Hugh Lawson White: 1836: Whig: 146,109 9.7%