It's amazing how uninformed Americans are about the process of electing a president -__-Obama has won the popular vote he has not YET won the electoral college vote.
The difference between these votes are essential to understand how our government works. The popular vote is the people's vote. The electoral college vote determines who becomes president. The popular vote helps the electoral college know what the people want.
The electoral college votes December 15, 2008 and the votes are read January 6, 2009 by Congress.Then the president is inaugrated January 20, 2009.
This has not yet happened, so Obama is not president yet. He most likely will be however the electoral college has gone against what the people wanted before. Four times to be exact. It makes you think will this be the fifth time?
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