Hey everybody!
Today I am going to to tell you some things about the presidency in the USA. I think everybody of you has heard that the US voted last night their new president. I want to give you some information about the result, the reason and I am going to give you my personal opinion.
At the beginning of my posting, I want to tell you the result of the election. Each of the candidates needed 270 electoral votes to win the election. Trump got 289 electoral votes, Clinton got only 218 electoral votes, but Trump got 59,389,590 overall votes that means 47,5 % and Clinton got 59,600,328 so that are 47,7 %. You see that Clinton has more overall votes than Trump, but he has won the election, but why? The US election system is not the same as in for example Austria.
In total, the USA has 538 electoral votes and every State has a certain Nummer of electors. The number of electors or electoral votes depends on the population of a State.
"The winner takes it all", that is the system, means that the candidate who wins the election in a state get all the votes from that state, also the votes of the opponent.
I want to remind you of my second entry of my blog. At that time I was sure that Hillary Clinton will win the election, but today the US president has become Mr. Colbert Donald Trump. So I was really shocked about the result, because I think he hasn't enough political experience and in the future it will be difficult for the EU to negotiate with the USA.
I hope you know now more about the US presidential election, and you enjoyed my entry and you will read my next one as well!
See you soon,
Sabrina
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Dear Sabrina,
ReplyDeletenice blog entry: in-depth presentation of the result and detailed explanation of the election process - well done!
However, mind the following:
-You wrote „to“ 2 times!
-Avoid the term “thing” (it’s too general, be more precise!): You could write “Today, I’m going to write about the US presidency.
-It should be:„everybody of you HAS heard”
-Mind the word order: “the US voted their new president LAST NIGHT”
-It should be “give my opinion” and NOT “tell my opinion”
-“Trump got 59,389,590 OVERALL votes”
-“You see that Clinton has more OVERALL votes THAN Trump” (COMPARISON!!)
-“IN TOTAL, the USA has 538 ELECTORAL VOTES and every STATE has a certain number of ELECTORS. THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS OR ELECTORAL VOTES depends on the population OF a state.
"The winner takes it all", that is the system, MEANS that the candidate who wins the election in a state getS all the votes from that state, also the votes of the opponent.
-“…and you enjoyed my entry and you WILL read my next ONE as well!”
-“At that time I was sure THAT Hillary Clinton WOULD win the election” (REPORTED SPEECH!)
-“I think HE hasn’t…” (without IT!)