Means they just won an election by a landslide.
Blaming you for the election results when you didn't vote is not fair because not voting is a choice that you made, and it is your right to choose whether or not to participate in the election process. Blame should be directed towards those who did vote and had a direct impact on the outcome.
After. The electors are supposed to vote in accordance with the popular vote in their state (or whatever method has been specified, but in practice it amounts to "winner take all" with respect to the popular vote results in nearly every state), so it would be impossible for them to vote until the popular vote results are known.
Tennessee appoints its electors on a winner-take-all basis based on the statewide popular vote results in Tennessee on Election Day.
Many people vote and get others to vote on election day. They also watch the results come in on television.
The popular vote by ballot is commonly referred to as the popular vote or the general election vote. It is the total number of votes cast by eligible voters in an election, determining the overall preference of the electorate.
Barack Obama won the Popular Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election by about 8,500,000 votes.
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Andrew Jackson got popular vote but John Quincy Adams was elected
Virginia cast its 13 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election. The 2008 presidential election popular vote totals in Virginia were Barack Obama 1,959,532 (53.2%) and John McCain 1,725,005 (46.8%).
1824, Andrew Jackson lost to John Qunicy Adams. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election.
Lincoln won the election in 1860 without the majority of the popular vote. He won 40% of the popular vote, and 180 out of 303 electoral votes.