Trump Has Multiple Paths To Victory: See These ELECTORAL COLLEGE MAPS – American Lookout

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS A VERY CONFUSING SUBJECT MATTER FOR MOST FOLKS. THE SUMMARY EXPLANATION BELOW MAY CLEAR SOME OF THAT CONFUSION

I HOPE THIS ARTICLE CAN EXPLAIN HOW THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE CAN INFLUENCE THIS ELECTION IN FAVOR OF MR TRUMP, IN MULTIPLE WAYS
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HOW DOES THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WORK? 
The electoral college is made up of 538 voters - 435 Representatives and 100 Senators, plus three electors for the District of Colombia.
A candidate needs to win a majority of 270 electoral college votes to become President.  

This voters' college make their pick based on which candidate receives a majority of votes in their corresponding states. That candidate receives all that state's electoral college votes.

An exception is made in Nebraska and Maine, where votes are assigned by proportional representation - meaning either candidate could receive votes from different congressional districts.

It is possible to win the electoral college vote and lose the popular vote - as with George W Bush in 2000. He eventually won the presidency over Al Gore following a Supreme Court ruling which had the ultimate effect of awarding Florida's votes to Bush. 

The creators of the Constitution set up the system as a limit on direct democracy - or in Alexander Hamilton's words, as a way of preserving 'the sense of the people' - in other words to avoid a malicious majority forming. It also tries to ensure the rights of smaller states.

The electors cast their votes on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December and are counted in Congress on January 6. 
The new President is then sworn in on January 20.  
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