Trump Officially Wins Presidency as Electoral College Count Passes 270 Votes
270+ Means Trump is Next President
Donald Trump has crossed the 270 vote threshold in the Electoral College vote, officially making him the next President of the United States. The U.S. House of Representatives next month will have to confirm the vote, but any chance of Trump being denied the victory is over.
Texas electors make Donald Trump’s presidential election official https://t.co/itBZcDDWpp https://t.co/dIJYLgjWdl
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) December 19, 2016
THE FINAL COUNT (barring any Dem defections in Hawaii):
304 TRUMP
228 CLINTON
3 COLIN POWELL
1 JOHN KASICH
1 RON PAUL
1 FAITH SPOTTED EAGLE— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) December 19, 2016
Four electors did defect during Monday’s Electoral College vote casting, but they were reportedly Bernie Sanders supporters, bound to Hillary Clinton, not Donald Trump. As of now Trump has had two Electoral College members defect, in Texas.
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