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Electoral College live updates, ETA kitten cam & polar bear cam (Original Post) uppityperson Dec 2016 OP
Thanks In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #1
I added links to 2 cams to help counter the stress and anger at the EC process uppityperson Dec 2016 #5
I feel like crying. In_The_Wind Dec 2016 #25
CNN just showed Bill Clinton as an elector TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #2
Cuomo and de Blasio as well oberliner Dec 2016 #3
Donald Trump has 90 votes; Hillary Clinton has 37 votes. There are 411 votes left to be cast. csziggy Dec 2016 #4
Pennsylvania applause and boos. Count at 125-83 uppityperson Dec 2016 #6
179-93 uppityperson Dec 2016 #7
Protesters shouted, cried and even sang "Silent Night" as Wisconsin's 10 presidential electors cast uppityperson Dec 2016 #8
The Hill is reporting: "A Minnesota Democratic elector has become the first "faithless elector" of uppityperson Dec 2016 #9
Muhammad Abdurrahan, a "faithless voter" refused to vote for her and was replaced by an alternate. uppityperson Dec 2016 #10
It will be interesting to hear his thought process dems_rightnow Dec 2016 #12
Probably "she wasn't going to win so I voted my conscience" sort of thing uppityperson Dec 2016 #13
221-118 uppityperson Dec 2016 #11
240-115 uppityperson Dec 2016 #14
256-135 dems_rightnow Dec 2016 #15
omg, here is more on who they voted for. WTF? uppityperson Dec 2016 #16
I think it's fair to say... dems_rightnow Dec 2016 #17
Trainwreck... LP2K12 Dec 2016 #19
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #18
265-160. uppityperson Dec 2016 #20
2 votes away from winning it. We knew he would, but it still hurts and sucks. uppityperson Dec 2016 #21
Texas...... dems_rightnow Dec 2016 #22
Trump 304, Clinton 169, Powell 3. 59 votes pending uppityperson Dec 2016 #23
A couple Repub Electorals in TX voted not for Donnie. uppityperson Dec 2016 #24
Final 304-227, 7 votes to others uppityperson Dec 2016 #26

TexasMommaWithAHat

(3,212 posts)
2. CNN just showed Bill Clinton as an elector
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:36 PM
Dec 2016

It should have been such a great day.

This is not how it was supposed to turn out.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
4. Donald Trump has 90 votes; Hillary Clinton has 37 votes. There are 411 votes left to be cast.
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:44 PM
Dec 2016

Dec 19, 2016 12:42 PM EST The count: Donald Trump has 90 votes; Hillary Clinton has 37 votes. There are 411 votes left to be cast.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
6. Pennsylvania applause and boos. Count at 125-83
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 02:03 PM
Dec 2016

Dec 19, 2016 1:01 PM EST Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota and Wisconsin began the Electoral College voting process at 1 p.m.
Dec 19, 2016 12:59 PM EST The count: Donald Trump has 125 votes; Hillary Clinton has 83. There are 330 votes pending.
Dec 19, 2016 12:58 PM EST Virginia has cast 13 votes for Hillary Clinton.
Dec 19, 2016 12:56 PM EST Applause then boos in Pennsylvania state house as announcement of 20 votes for Donald Trump is made. Yelling continues from those in the gallery.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
8. Protesters shouted, cried and even sang "Silent Night" as Wisconsin's 10 presidential electors cast
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 02:49 PM
Dec 2016

Dec 19, 2016 1:47 PM EST From the AP: Protesters shouted, cried and even sang "Silent Night" as Wisconsin's 10 presidential electors cast their ballots for Donald Trump.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
9. The Hill is reporting: "A Minnesota Democratic elector has become the first "faithless elector" of
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 03:19 PM
Dec 2016

The Hill is reporting: "A Minnesota Democratic elector has become the first "faithless elector" of Monday's nationwide Electoral College vote after refusing to vote for Hillary Clinton."

https://mobile.twitter.com/thehill/status/810925689721487360

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
10. Muhammad Abdurrahan, a "faithless voter" refused to vote for her and was replaced by an alternate.
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 03:20 PM
Dec 2016

Minnesota cast 10 votes for Hillary Clinton after Muhammad Abdurrahan, a "faithless voter" refused to vote for her and was replaced by an alternate.

dems_rightnow

(1,956 posts)
15. 256-135
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 04:51 PM
Dec 2016

"Four Democratic voters in Washington chose not to vote for Hillary Clinton, becoming "faithless" voters. Clinton took the other 8 votes in the state. Three Democratic electors have tried to be "faithless" by not voting for Clinton. One in Maine, one in Minnesota and one in Colorado. Those votes were changed and registered for Clinton."

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
16. omg, here is more on who they voted for. WTF?
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 05:11 PM
Dec 2016
http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/four-washington-electors-break-ranks-and-dont-vote-for-clinton/
Only eight of 12 Democratic electors in Washington cast their votes for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who won the state in November.

In an act of symbolic protest, three electors voted for former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and one cast a vote for Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American elder from South Dakota.


It’s the first time in four decades that the state’s electors have broken from the popular vote for president. Washington’s 12 electors met Monday afternoon in the state Capitol to complete the constitutional formality.

dems_rightnow

(1,956 posts)
17. I think it's fair to say...
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 05:13 PM
Dec 2016

.... that the Washington state delegation doesn't treat the vote with the degree of importance that it deserves.

Response to uppityperson (Original post)

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)
21. 2 votes away from winning it. We knew he would, but it still hurts and sucks.
Mon Dec 19, 2016, 06:18 PM
Dec 2016

Dec 19, 2016 4:44 PM EST Montana has cast 3 votes for Donald Trump. He is two Electoral votes away from being elected president of the United States

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