How can Trump win with less votes?
The much awaited US presidential election is today. Kamala Harris or Donald Trump is going to be right in this election – who is going to be the next president of the United States? Various speculations are going on about it, various equations are being matched.
According to India’s Hindustan Times, it is almost certain that Kamala Harris can get 226 electoral colleges from the ‘Democrat State’. On the other hand, Donald Trump can get 219 electoral colleges from the ‘Republican State’. The real battle is for the 93 electoral colleges in the remaining seven states.
When Donald Trump was first elected as US President in 2016, he received less votes than the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Similarly, Donald Trump can win the election even if he gets less votes than Kamala Harris. But how?
Historically, several states in the United States have been monopolized by one political party. Democrats won states like New York and California. Texas is historically Republican. Because of this, the ‘swing states’ (North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania) are more closely watched for election results. Because the results of these seven provinces can turn the tide of the election. In this situation, a candidate can win the presidential election even if he receives fewer votes than his opponent in the entire country.
The fight is actually 93 electoral colleges
Kamala Harris is almost certain to get 226 Electoral Colleges from ‘Democrat States’ and Donald Trump can get 219 Electoral Colleges from ‘Republican States’. The real battle is for the 93 electoral colleges in the remaining seven states. This time, if there are more votes for the Democrats than the Republicans across the country, but Donald Trump can win by a small margin in this ‘swing state’, then he can be elected president again. In fact, each state has a different number of electoral colleges, so a candidate can win the election without getting more votes overall.
What is the electoral college system?
Each of the 50 states of the United States is assigned a certain number of Electoral Colleges or votes. Total Electoral College in America 538. That is, the candidate who gets 270 electoral colleges will win. However, in every state except Maine and Nebraska, all Electoral College majorities are awarded to the winning candidate in that state.
For example, California has 54 Electoral Colleges. Whoever gets more than 50 percent of the votes in that state will go to the Electoral College. If it can be seen here, in proportion to the votes, Trump should have 20 Electoral College and Kamala Harris should have the remaining 34, it will not change the result. Kamla Harris will get all 54 Electoral Colleges in California as a result of being ahead in the state. That is, as a result of getting a majority of the Electoral College in that state, all the Electoral Colleges will go to the Democrats. But only the states of Maine and Nebraska that win the Electoral College will get that number of Electoral Colleges.
Those who have won the elections with less votes before
In 2016, Trump received three million fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, in 2000, Republican candidate George W. Bush received five million fewer votes than Democrat Al Gore. Before that, only three other people have been elected President of the United States without winning the popular vote. But each of those events happened in the 19th century.
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