Happy election day. 🫣Anxiety is to be expected today but I hope this finds you and helps you know that you're not alone.
My hope is that this will be a forum where I can learn to manage thoughts and feelings about my recent disability and find my way back to some of my favorite hobbies and pastimes.
Hi welcome aboard sorry to hear about the disability and here's hoping you can enjoy those hobbies again soon.
I started getting anxious about the election last night. Hope everyone can be civil. I got your message and I have a feeling we have things in common. 😻
Hi. I am also anxious about the election. Outcome could change everything about our country and that is scary. I voted by mail so as to avoid the crowds especially since I am not healing well from knee surgery and I have plantar fasciitis. Did you vote today or had you already voted? I sure hope that we have something to celebrate when the election results are finally in!
I'm in the UK and not sure how your system works? I read something about the electoral role having a vote and also the Supreme Court can make a final decision?
The electoral college consists of a number of delegates from each state based on the state's population. After all votes have been counted, the electoral college casts their vote confirming the candidate who won the most votes in that state. The Supreme Court only gets involved when there is a challenge to the final outcome as happend during Bush v Gore.
Oh thanks that's a lot clearer.
I was reading somewhere that in the 2016 election Clinton got 3 million more votes from the public but the electoral college voted for Trump? Are they the deciding vote then?
That's where it can get complicated. Members of the electoral college are SUPPOSED to cast their vote for the candidate who gets the most votes in their state, "the popular vote". Not all do so. Clinton won the popular vote but the electoral college squabbled about it. Trump supporters refused to confirm Clinton's popular vote and voted Trump anyway. There are people calling to discontinue the electoral college, saying it is outdated.
This would allow the popular vote to be the deciding vote.
Ah thanks for explaining that so well. So the Electoral College basically can overrule the will of the people if they want? That's disgraceful.
Definitely an abuse of power. I do understand not wanting to vote for a candidate you don't like but agreeing to be part of the electoral college means you are expected to bow to the will of the people 🤨
Glad to clear things up for you.🙂
Ok one last question please and I will shut up.
How are the delegates chosen, by election or by the current President?
I SO hope Trump wins!!!! 🙏
Why? With the crazy things he comes out with he is clearly at the least deranged.
Politics is a dirty business. Good luck America as whoever wins it’s going to be a bumpy ride.🤷♀️
You Folks are Amazing!
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