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Electors from Washington said they would not take into account the majority opinion

Фото: Depositphotos

Фото: Depositphotos

Two representatives of the Electoral College of Washington made it clear that they would not vote for Clinton, even if she won by a vote.

Robert Santiacum, a former supporter of Bernie Sanders, said that he would never support Clinton. The second elector from Washington state, Brad Chafalo, said that he would not take into account the candidate for whom the state would vote, reports Vox.

“No, no, not Hillary. Absolutely not. No way,” Santiakum said in a telephone interview with the newspaper.

Santiakum and Chafalo, oddly enough, can use their voices in the Electoral College to support the one they personally selected, even if it disagrees with the opinion of state residents.

Of course, if Clinton and Trump are ahead of each other by a large margin, the voices of these two electors will not play the role. But if the candidates go hand in hand, then the 1 or 2 voices can play a decisive role.

If the elector votes in his personal interests, he will face criminal responsibility and a fine of $ 1 thousands.

Washington State is one of the 30 states where electors are punished with fines and criminal liability if they refuse to follow the election results. The remaining 20 states do not punish electors, and they, in fact, may not vote according to their conscience.

Does the presidential candidate who gets the most votes always win?

No not always. Moreover, in the presidential election 4 times won the candidate who did not collect the majority of all voters. The first such winner was John Quincy Adams, elected in 1824, and the last such case took place in 2000, in the presidential race between George W. Bush and Al Gore, writes Share America.

This is how it works in practice.

In November, the country holds general presidential elections, and in December the Electoral College is convened. In most states, electors vote according to how the majority of voters in their state voted. Electors vote in their states on December 15, and in January Congress officially counts the results. The number of electoral delegates from each state equals the number of representatives of a given state in the US House of Representatives (which is determined by the population of the state according to the results of the US census conducted every 10 years) plus the 2 senator.

The District of Columbia, which is not a state and is not represented by voting delegates to the Congress, has 3 votes in the Electoral College. In total, the Electoral College 538 people; to win the presidential election, you need to gain 270 electoral votes.

In most states, electoral votes are awarded on the “winner takes all” principle. A bunch of presidential candidates and vice-presidents, who received the majority of votes of citizens, gets all the votes of state electors. Two states - Nebraska and Maine - distribute electoral votes in proportion to the voting results of citizens.

The strategy of presidential elections is to win in any combination of states, giving 270 votes to electors. Election results can be decided by electoral votes from a small number of states where competitive electoral races take place.

One consequence of the electoral college system “the winner takes it all” is that the candidate can win the most votes at the national level, but lose the election. Suppose a candidate wins by a small margin in a state that has many electoral votes. This candidate still gets all the votes of the electors.

So if a candidate wins in California by a small margin, he gets all the 55 electoral votes of California. The same candidate may lose in other smaller states with a large margin and get fewer votes than his opponent. But this candidate will still have an advantage in the Electoral College.

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