Reason Why Donald Trump Might Be Declared Winner Of US Election – #ElectionResults2020—Although, the outcome is too close to call, the election in United states has brought about attention from every nation of the world.
At the moment, the candidate of the Democrat party, Joe Biden is projected to be declared winner of the election but considering some things, we might not get to see him declared winner.
Of course, Joe Biden is leading with popular votes, and the electoral college votes too while Donald Trump is lagging behind but there might be a turn around because of the states Donald Trump is projected to win, having counted a large percentage of the votes.
The electoral colleges in some of the states Donald Trump is projected to win is far way too much, and if he eventually wins those states, His electoral college vote will jump to a whooping 288 votes.
Although , the number needed is 270 or more, which is half of the 538 electors in the country. If Donald Trump eventually wins the states remaining, which have lots of electors, He might eventually retain his seat as the president.
United States Electoral College Explained
As prescribed in the U.S. Constitution, American presidents are elected not directly by the people, but by the people’s electors. The Electoral College was created by the framers of the U.S. Constitution as an alternative to electing the president by popular vote or by Congress. If it were by popular vote or who gets the most votes, Hillary Clinton would have won in 2016 and Joe Biden would have been declared winner by now. Biden has also received the most votes of any president in American history. Whomever reaches the 270 electoral votes will be officially declared winner. In this system, Trump still has a chance of winning.
The United States Electoral College is a name used to describe the official 538 Presidential electors who come together every four years during the presidential election to give their official votes for President and Vice President of the United States.The Constitution leaves states to decide how electors will vote. It began In 1804, 12th Amendment to the Constitution made sure that electors designate their votes for president and vice president, but the 12th Amendment leaves in place a tie breaking system established by the Constitution by which the House of Representatives breaks a tie on presidential electoral votes and the Senate.
The election of the president of the United States is a two-step process. First, voters cast ballots on Election Day in each state. In nearly every state, the candidate who gets the most votes wins the “electoral votes” for that state, and gets that number of voters (or “electors” in the “Electoral College.” In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors based on its total number of representatives in Congress. Each elector casts one electoral vote following the general election; there are a total of 538 electoral votes. The candidate that gets more than half (270) wins the election.
What happens if no candidate gets enough electoral votes?Pursuant to the 12th Amendment, the House of Representatives is required to go into session immediately after the counting of the electoral votes to vote for president if no candidate for the office receives a majority of the electoral votes. … The House continues balloting until it elects a president.
Who sits on the Electoral College? The president and vice president of the United States are elected by the Electoral College, which consists of 538 electors from the fifty states and Washington, D.C. Electors are selected state-by-state, as determined by the laws of each state.a
