It's now 100 percent official: Donald Trump
will be the next president of the United States.
The vast majority of electors remained faithful
to him as they cast their ballots in state
capitals on Monday.
Trump received 304 votes to Hillary Clinton's
224.
At last month's presidential election,...
Trump had secured 306 electoral votes out
of a possible 538.... surpassing the required
270.
There had been efforts to persuade Trump electors
to switch their votes to prevent him moving
into the White House next month,... but with
the exception of two... it didn't happen....
with more abandoning Clinton.
President-elect Trump tweeted his thanks to
his supporters shortly after the result was
confirmed.
From here, the states will submit a "certificate
of vote" to the Federal Register by next Wednesday,
and the results will be made official by Congress
on January 6th.
Trump will be inaugurated on January 20th.
