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Old 07-17-20, 12:19 PM   #9748
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My sister:

Who decide, who shall be the President ?

Me:

The American voters

My sister:

Yes I understand that, but Hillary got 1-2 million more votes, so why did Trump win.

Me:

This has to do with the American voting system and they way USA is constructed(politically).
Me continuing:

Remember each state is in a way independent and in a Presidential election you could say there's an election in the election-each state have an election where the voters decide who they like to be their President(Rep or Dem).
The candidate who gets most vote in a state gets depending on state size and how many who live in this state a certain numbers of Electors.

My sister:
Who have decided it should be Joe-Joe Biden who shall be the Presidential candidate for the Democrats.

Me:
About a year before the Presidential election in Nov. The opposition party(Rep or Dem) hold several election meeting where all the Rep/Dem candidate campaigning for being their Presidential candidate-This is done until there is only one left-In this case Joe Biden(Dem).

(Hope I didn't tell here something totally wrong thing)

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