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.
On November 15, Donald Trump said he favors the existing operation of the electoral college, even though on Sunday evening on television he had said the opposite. See this story.
On November 15, he said that the existing systems protects the small states. This is ironic, because Trump carried seven of the ten most populous states. Among the states with at least 15 electoral votes, Trump carried Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina. By contrast, Hillary Clinton only carried California, New York, and Illinois.
Last week, the voters of Franklin County, Alabama, elected an independent to the post of County Superintendent of Education. He is Greg Hamilton, and he defeated Republican and Democratic opponents. This article explains how he did it. He had to overcome the straight-ticket device.
Franklin County is in northwest Alabama and has a population of 31,000.
If one reads to the bottom half of this Politico article, one reads that on November 15, a Republican presidential elector in Texas said he may not vote for Donald Trump on December 19. His name is Art Sisneros.
On November 13, Donald Trump was interviewed on “60 Minutes”. See this story. Interviewer Lesley Stahl asked him about how presidents should be elected. As he had said in the past, he still supports the idea of using the national popular vote. He said, “I’m not going to change my mind just because I won.”
Then he said, “I would rather see it where you went with simple votes. You know, if you get 100 million votes and somebody else gets 90 million votes, you win.” Thanks to Rob Richie for the link.
