ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONFIRMS TRUMP, DESPITE PROTESTS|川普拿304張選舉人票 確認當選美總統

On Monday, a majority of the electoral college voted for Donald Trump, confirming his election as the next president of the United States. While the vote finally put an end to a turbulent, nearly two-year-long election season, the American public remained deeply divided. At the last minute, people against Trump across the country were still rallying for electors to prevent him from being inaugurated next month. At the same time, many are mulling over the electoral college system, which allows candidates, including Trump, to win despite trailing their opponent in the popular vote. 538 electors from 50 states and the District Columbia casted their official electoral votes in their home states on December 19. As anticipated, the Electoral College did not overturn the result of the presidential election. Donald Trump got 304 electoral votes and will be sworn in on January 20, 2017. Hillary Clinton got 227 electoral votes. Prior to the Electoral College voting, some protesters urged electoral college blocking Trump from gaining the White House. ==KATHLEEN Maryland protestor== Trump will be like a dictator. He's getting all of his strong man into his cabinet positions, and all the big money, and they are taking over. ==SCOTT, Virginia protestor== Don't vote for him, don't vote for Trump, it's a bad idea. He's got so many conflicts of interest, Russia is probably blackmailing him, they have him on a string. Some protestors held signs saying that Russian President Putin manipulating Trump, and Russian hackers interfered the U.S. presidential election. Some people are urging the need to change the U.S. election system, making popular votes as a direct vote to the presidential election. Hillary Clinton got nearly three million popular votes than Donald Trump, but failed at electoral votes.The Electoral College is a mechanism established by the U.S. Constitution. It was designed for elite leadership and balanced progress for each state. Voters first cast their votes and later electors representing each state cast electoral votes confirming the president-elect. The number of electors is proportionate to the seats in the Congress. Although voices of abolishing the Electoral College have never stopped, the system remains. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 美國538位選舉人19號在50州以及哥倫比亞特區投票，一如預期，美國沒有出現史上首度，選舉人推翻投票結果的情況，川普拿到304張選舉人票，將在明年1月20號宣誓就職。希拉蕊則拿到227張選舉人票。選舉人團投票前夕，全美各地都有民眾發起抗議活動，呼籲選舉人用良知投票，阻止川普當選。 ==馬里蘭示威民眾 凱薩琳== 川普將會成為獨裁者 他已經雇用一些強人富豪 進入內閣團隊 ==維吉尼亞州示威民眾 史考特== 不要投給他 不要投川普 這是很糟的想法 他有如此多的利益衝突 俄羅斯很可能敲詐他 他已經是俄國的魁儡 還有抗議民眾高舉俄羅斯總統蒲亭把川普當魁儡操控的圖像，以及抗議俄羅斯駭客影響大選結果的標語。另外有民眾呼籲應該改變美國的選舉制度，讓普選結果直接反應真正的民意。這次大選希拉蕊贏了川普近三百萬張普選票，但還是無緣入主白宮。 美國憲法為了顧及菁英領導以及各州均衡發展，設計出選民直接投票，再由選舉人依投票結果間接選舉美國總統的制度，選舉人數依各州國會席次決定。儘管廢除選舉人制的聲浪不斷，但從未因此動搖。 記者 陳秋玫 報導