The US Congress will count the electoral votes to confirm Trump's election as president
The US Congress will count the electoral votes on the 6th to officially confirm that former President and Republican presidential candidate Trump was elected as the next president.
According to the election procedures, the US Senate and House of Representatives will hold a joint meeting on the 6th to confirm that Trump won the US presidential election in November 2024 and was elected as the next president.
The US presidential election adopts the "Electoral College" indirect election system. The Electoral College is composed of 538 electors, and the candidate who obtains more than half, that is, at least 270 electoral votes, wins.
The 2024 US election day voting will be held on November 5. On December 17, 2024, the 50 states of the United States and the capital Washington, D.C., each held an electoral meeting to vote for the next president. The results showed that Trump won 312 electoral votes, and the current Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Harris won 226. Congress counting the electoral votes is the final confirmation step of the presidential election results.
The "Capitol Hill Riot" four years ago took place on the day when Congress counted the electoral votes. After Trump lost his re-election campaign in 2020, he claimed that there was "massive fraud" in the election. A large number of his supporters broke into Congress on January 6, 2021, trying to prevent Congress from certifying the election results. The riots resulted in five deaths and hundreds of police officers injured. The latest data shows that more than 1,500 people have been charged with federal criminal charges for the riots.
According to a post-election poll, 60% of voters said they were very or somewhat worried that an incident similar to the 2021 "Capitol Hill Riot" would occur after the 2024 presidential election.
