The votes have been cast and Democrats are fuming - Electoral College results are here!

The Electoral College made the deciding votes.

The Electoral College has decided, with absolute certainty, who will be the next President of the United States.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The Electoral College is a process in which a vote in Congress and the popular vote by legal voters decides who will be the President of the United States.

Republican candidate Donald Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton by 2.8 million votes but electors, or delegates, were for Trump, elevating him from candidate to president-elect.

There is a total of 538 electors, and a candidate is proclaimed the winner after winning a majority of 270 electoral votes.

After the Electoral College results had come in, Trump won again 304 to 227.

Trump won by a landslide in Texas, which offered 36 of its thirty-eight votes and the business tycoon received one vote from Maine.

Clinton secured ten votes from Minnesota, eight from Washington, nine from Colorado, three from Hawaii, and three from Maine, leaving her just behind Trump by three votes.

Seven electors strayed from either candidate, resulting in a loss of two votes for Trump and four for Clinton.

Following a joint session of Congress on January 6, the Electoral College results will be officially certified.

After the results had been announced, Trump released the following statement: "Today marks a historic electoral landslide victory in our nation's democracy. I thank the American people for their overwhelming vote to elect me as their next President of the United States.

"The official votes cast by the Electoral College exceeded the 270 required to secure the presidency by a very large margin, far greater than ever anticipated by the media.

"This election represents a movement that millions of hard working men and women all across the country stood behind and made possible. With this historic step, we can look forward to the bright future ahead.

"I will work hard to unite our country and be the president of all Americans. Together, we will make America great again."

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