2017 United States Electoral College vote count
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The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 115th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6, 2017, was the final step to confirm then-President-elect Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election over Hillary Clinton.
Quick Facts 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win, Nominee ...
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Objections made to the electoral college votes of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. No objections | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This event was notable due to the many faithless electors in the electoral college votes, and the many unsuccessful objections raised by Democratic members of the United States House of Representatives.