Clinton is ahead of trump by a million votes
Lost the election the candidate in US presidents from Democratic party Hillary Clinton was ahead of his opponent, Republican Donald trump, according to the votes. On Tuesday, November 15, reports Politico, citing the results of the preliminary counting of ballots.
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For former Secretary of state voted 61,963,234 people, while billionaire supported 60,961,185 voters. As noted, the counting process is not yet completed in the States of California, Utah, Washington, and Michigan.
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This is the fifth in the history of the United States when the winner gets less votes than the loser. The last time this happened in 2000, when the President was Republican George W. Bush, far behind rival al Gore by half a percent. The final counting of votes then dragged on for months.
12 Nov Hillary Clinton blamed his defeat on the election of the Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) James Comey, who a few days before the vote raised the issue of her official correspondence as Secretary of state. This decision, in her opinion, was the turning point of the campaign.
On the same day it became known that the command of the Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders who hold left-wing beliefs, has launched a campaign aimed at the re-election of the leadership offices of the U.S. Democratic party in several States. The idea is to replace the party leadership in those States where primaries Sanders has bypassed Clinton.
The United States presidential election held on 8 November. Trump won, scoring at least 290 electoral votes, while the required minimum is 270. Clinton only got 228 votes. The voting of electors who formally elect the President, December 19th. The U.S. Congress will approve the results of the January 6, 2017. The inauguration of President-elect is scheduled for January 20.
US presidential elections are indirect vote through the electoral College. First, the electoral votes determining the winner in each state. Then, after 41 days the electoral votes from the States, with each of the 50 States has a certain number of electoral votes proportional to the number of voters.