In fact, why most political scholars kind of hate the Electoral College. Its not popular among the Political Science set. Youll get a whiff of George Edwards book which hopefully youve read most of it, if not all of it. You get an argument against the Electoral College. He lays out all the comments for it, which is helpful for allowing each person to sort of make up their mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. So this is really i do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president but very few americans understand the full extent of the process. At the very least if you take a course in the american presidency, you should walk away understanding how the process we use to select our chief executive officer works, but also because its also really important in how it structures how elections turn out. Just like how we started our discussion of president ial nominations by talking about the history of nominations processes and taking a relative
Memmer reports, magic hands bill memmer bills john joins us now for you are married to that board. You have done an outstanding job. I cannot believe your amount of counting geography in several states but it is unlike anything ever seen. I want to know what are you most drawn to you now . When you look to the board for knowledge, what speaks to you most about what could have the biggest outcome . Sue back a couple of things. Interact me anytime he wants. This is the game, kennedy. It is 270. Right now is that joe biden at 264. We cannot call this tonight by the way. But if he would get nevada perhaps tomorrow as they sort that vote outcome that would be enough to get them to 270 based on our accounts. For donald trump here is got to run the table. That starts here in alaska which is not yet been called, kennedy. And then he has to hold georgia which would they feel good abou about. North carolina they feel confident about. This big one right here, pennsylvania. Even that would keep hi
Bill memmer bills john joins us now for you are married to that board. You have done an outstanding job. I cannot believe your amount of counting geography in several states but it is unlike anything ever seen. I want to know what are you most drawn to you now . When you look to the board for knowledge, what speaks to you most about what could have the biggest outcome . Sue back a couple of things. Interact me anytime he wants. This is the game, kennedy. It is 270. Right now is that joe biden at 264. We cannot call this tonight by the way. But if he would get nevada perhaps tomorrow as they sort that vote outcome that would be enough to get them to 270 based on our accounts. For donald trump here is got to run the table. That starts here in alaska which is not yet been called, kennedy. And then he has to hold georgia which would they feel good abou about. North carolina they feel confident about. This big one right here, pennsylvania. Even that would keep him too shy. He would need to
A war crimes trial at the hague for his alleged role during the 1999 kosovo conflict the u. K. Gets a new multibillion dollar rescue package to boost its economy as a land enters another pandemic lockdown. Well uncertainty remains 2 days after americans went to the polls to choose the next president only a handful of states remain unclear but they hold the key to the white house for either joe biden or president to donald trump the focus has shifted to the state of georgia where vote counting has been going through the night its an extremely close race in the traditionally republican state Donald Trumps initial lead has been steadily falling georgia is one of several states where republicans are filing legal challenges over the election. Let me just give you a look at the state of play joe biden has already flipped michigan and wisconsin donald trump narrowly won those 4 years ago the Democratic Candidates now has a projected total of 264 Electoral College votes trump is projected to w
Im Claire Richards and welcome to the show democratic candidate joe biden has won the u. S. President ial election after sealing victory in the battleground state of pennsylvania with 99 percent of the vote counted in pennsylvania biden it garnered a 49. 7 percent and trump received 49. 2 percent while the 20 electoral votes biden won in this state allows him to surpass the 270 that magic number needed to win the election according to projections by the Associated Press was also picked up 6 and nevada giving him a total of 290 electoral votes to republican president Donald Trumps 214. And democratic supporters across the country have been reacting to the news of president elect biden success from philadelphia to black lives matters plaza in washington to new yorks times square people showed signs of relief and excitement here some of those reactions to me me everything my mother is a disabled woman who knows the caribbean medicaid and medicare and to know. How to and you can no longer