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Electoral College Votes to Confirm Trump's Victory in 2024 Election
Electoral College Votes to Confirm Trump's Victory in 2024 Election
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Trump, who already served as US president from 2017-2021, won the presidential election that took place on November 5. He will be the... 18.12.2024, Sputnik Africa
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The US Electoral College has officially cast ballots for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, making the Election Day results official. The 538 electors met in their respective state capitals on Tuesday, casting their electoral votes for president and vice president in accordance with the will of the voters. Trump received 312 electoral votes, surpassing the threshold of 270 votes required to win. The first state to cast its electoral votes was Maryland, giving 10 electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris. The last state to cast its votes was Hawaii, which also awarded its four votes to Harris. The electoral votes from all states will then be counted and certified during a joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate on January 6. Only after that may Trump and Vance be sworn into office on January 20 and begin discharging their duties.More than half of people in the US are viewing Trump negatively, according to a joint poll by Reuters and Ipsos.Amid the upcoming inauguration, 55% of respondents said that they have negative feelings about the president-elect, while 41% view him positively.This result is reportedly a slight decline from December 2016, when 51% of people in the US supported the president-elect.The poll was conducted from December 13 to 15 among 1031 US adults. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.
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Electoral College Votes to Confirm Trump's Victory in 2024 Election
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Trump, who already served as US president from 2017-2021, won the presidential election that took place on November 5. He will be the first US politician since the 19th century to return to the White House after a four-year hiatus. Trump's victory was recognized by his Democrat rival, outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris.
The US Electoral College has officially cast ballots for President-elect
Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, making the Election Day results official.
The 538 electors met in their respective state capitals on Tuesday, casting their electoral votes for president and vice president in accordance with the will of the voters. Trump received 312 electoral votes, surpassing the threshold of 270 votes required to win.
The first state to cast its electoral votes was Maryland, giving 10 electoral votes to Vice President Kamala Harris. The last state to cast its votes was Hawaii, which also awarded its four votes to Harris.
The electoral votes from all states will then be counted and certified during a joint session of the House of Representatives and Senate on January 6. Only after that may Trump and Vance be sworn into office on January 20 and begin
discharging their duties.More than half of people in the US are viewing Trump negatively, according to a joint poll by Reuters and Ipsos.
Amid
the upcoming inauguration, 55% of respondents said that they have negative feelings about the president-elect, while
41% view him positively.
This result is reportedly a slight decline from December 2016, when 51% of people in the US supported the president-elect.
The poll was conducted from December 13 to 15 among 1031 US adults. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.
