America’s Electoral College Demystified

America’s Electoral College Demystified

The Illusive American Election System that is the Electoral College and the popular vote has come under sharp criticism in the recent past. All due to the fairly organized campaigned and conducted American elections that were held on the 9^th of November 2016. A day that most if not all Americans would want to forget very fast, owing to the fact that most of them free citizens of a major super power voted in a non-popular, arrogant, aggressive, American Businessman, Author and former Television personality; 70 year old, Donald John Trump. Who launched his presidential campaign in 16^th June 2015 amidst all bickering and downplay from critics and undercover fanatics world over. Many of whom thought that he didn’t stand a chance against big wigs Republican candidates like Texas Senator; Ted Cruz who was tallied at 25% and Ohio governor John Kasich who had 18% against Trump’s 46.5% in the Republican party. He beat all odds to fight it out tooth and nail against the 67^th United States Secretary of State; Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. A fight that was almost similar to Kenya’s elections of 2008 that saw CORD Leader Raila Odinga splashed all over as the most favorite candidate to win the elections according to local pollsters, but during the elections the former president Mwai Kibaki went on to win it. As did Donald Trump during the 2016 U.S presidential elections, beating his arch rival Hillary Clinton despite being highlighted as the favorable candidate with 46% against Trumps 42%.