The 2016 United States of America Presidential election… One man. One woman. One Republican. One Democrat, and one very close election between the two. However, only one could win. With 290 electoral votes, Donald Trump went home with the victorious feeling of serving as America’s President for the next 4 years.
For a while, we have been seeing Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton battling their way trying to get to the top. They have ridiculed, slandered, and humiliated one another. Many people in America have expressed their views, complaints, and concerns. However, with President-elect Donald Trump receiving higher electoral votes, and Senator Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote, there has been much controversial talk. Many have felt hurt by this election and others have felt very celebratory.
Political Analyst Matt Damon expressed his concerns on the electoral college. Here’s what he had to say:
“[The electoral college] is a f–cking joke; we should be using the popular vote instead. It may have made sense in 1788, but so did the three-fifths compromise. Everyone should have an equal vote, and that’s just not the case with the electoral college. You know what the electoral college gave us? It gave us George W. Bush. It gave us a war in Iraq, and the worst recession since the Great Depression. It’s time to bring our system into the 21st century. I hope Obama fixes this, because President Trump is going to be a nightmare.”
However following the results of the election, President Obama signed the Executive Order 13805, which orders a full recount of all votes cast in the election and calls for a special election. This is due to thousands of voters across the country who said they were being prevented from casting a ballot on election day, too many absentee ballots have not been found or counted, equipment failures, and some concerns that members of the electoral college may have acted unethically. The special election will be on December 19th, 2016! Stay tuned!