to defect and switch their vote to somebody else instead of the presidential candidate they were bound to support, because in 1872 there was this guy horace greely and he up and died between the election and when the electoral college cast their votes. five days before the election his wife died. five days after that he lost the presidential election. then right after he lost the presidential election he lost his business, he lost his newspaper. then after that, dude just up and died before the electoral college even got a chance to meet and cast their ballots to formalize the results. of the 66 electors who were bound to vote for horace greely, 65 of the 66 bolted and voted for somebody else, which you can kind of understand. he was dead. hats off to the three who still voted for the dead guy.
support a particular countdown, but they bailed on that obligation and decided to vote for somebody else. when that happened, that was the largest number of electors to defect on a presidential ballot since 1872. in 1872, they had great reason to defect and switch their vote to somebody else instead of the presidential candidate they were bound to support, because in 1872 there was this guy horace greely and he up and died between the election and when the electoral college cast their votes. five days before the election his wife died. five days after that he lost the presidential election. then right after he lost the presidential election he lost his business, he lost his newspaper. then after that, dude just up and died before the electoral college even got a chance to meet and cast their ballots to formalize the results. of the 66 electors who were bound to vote for horace greely, 65 of the 66 bolted and voted for somebody else, which you can kind of understand.
1796 while we were still figuring out what a presidential election was. that s not all. in addition to the sheer number of people who got electoral college votes, we also set a record this year for the number of electors thorp bound who wer support a particular countdown, but they bailed on that obligation and decided to vote for somebody else. when that happened, that was the largest number of electors to defect on a presidential ballot since 1872. in 1872, they had great reason to defect and switch their vote to somebody else instead of the presidential candidate they were bound to support, because in 1872 there was this guy horace greely and he up and died between the election and when the electoral college cast their votes. five days before the election his wife died. five days after that he lost the
today, to validate the results of the presidential election. typically it s a ceremonial event. this time around, though, it comes with an unusual amount of attention and even controversy. 538 members of the electoral college will vote today in their state capitals. it s a formality required by the constitution. but there will be protests this year and some electors are urging others not to vote for donald trump. it seems that people are still holding out hope that the electoral college, when they vote tomorrow, will somehow miraculously decide that hillary clinton is the winner. then came the actual voting. and it was a nothing. what we ve known for weeks was made official this evening, as members of the electoral college cast their ballots in all 50 states and the district of columbia. it s official, the electors across this country putting donald trump over the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the president in january. it did not come without some fiery moments today
college will meet the country today, to validate the results of the presidential election. typically it s a ceremonial event. this time around, though, it comes with an unusual amount of attention and even controversy. 538 members of the electoral college will vote today in their state capitals. it s a formality required by the constitution. but there will be protests this year and some electors are urging others not to vote for donald trump. it seems that people are still holding out hope that the electoral college, when they vote tomorrow, will somehow miraculously decide that hillary clinton is the winner. then came the actual voting. and it was a nothing. what we ve known for weeks was made officevening, as members of the electoral college cast their ballots in all 50 states and the district of columbia. it s official, the electors across this country putting donald trump over the 270 electoral votes he needs to become the president in january. it did not come without som