Electoral Vote: Clinton Wins Again
The only votes that constitutionally count were cast Monday, and Bill Clinton beat Bob Dole again.
Ceremoniously meeting in state capitals--and with considerable grumbling about a system some consider archaic--electors cast their states’ electoral votes for the presidential candidate who won the most votes in their state.
Clinton and Vice President Al Gore were entitled to 379 electoral votes to 159 for Republicans Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.
Clinton-Gore carried 31 states and the District of Columbia in November. Four years ago, the Democratic pair won 32 states but nine fewer electoral votes.
Gore, as the presiding officer of the Senate, will open the electoral ballots before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 9 and declare himself and Clinton elected.
Each state gets as many electors as it has senators and representatives. They are pledged to vote for whoever won their state or, in Maine and Nebraska, their congressional district.
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