Donald Trump will be the first president-elect who didn’t carry his home state since 1844, when Tennessee voted against James Polk. Thanks to Nancy Brune for this observation.
However, since 1844, two presidents running for re-election failed to carry their home states. They were Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and Herbert Hoover in 1932.
Georgia, like most states, only includes write-in votes for candidates to file a declaration of write-in candidacy into the official election returns. However, election officials in Floyd County, Georgia, have tallied all the presidential write-ins. See this story. It is somewhat ironic that the official election returns will contain less information than various newspapers stories.
The Weeok has this column by journalist Paul Waldman, calling on the United States to eliminate the electoral college.
Also, The Cap Times, a daily on-line newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, has editorialized to eliminate the electoral college.
As of early Wednesday, November 16, the margin between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is 1,188,809. The “other” percentage has risen to 5.3%.
In some states, legislators are already introducing bills for the 2017 session, even though no state legislature has yet convened. Montana Representative Ellie Hill (D-Missoula) has introduce a bill to have Montana join the National Popular Vote Compact. See this story.
On Tuesday, November 15, the national vote total shows that Hillary Clinton now has a popular vote margin of more than one million votes above Donald Trump. See the Cook Report. It also shows that the “other” vote has surpassed 5%. Thanks to the Election Law Blog for the link.
