Clinton and Trump Six weeks after the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election , the battle for the White House is yet to be over as the 538 electors formally cast their votes for either Democratic Hillary Clinton or Republican Donald Trump on Monday. Although, technically the President-elect Trump won the electoral college on Nov. 9, officially, he has not been voted for. Under the US Constitution, the real presidential election takes place on Dec. 19, when electors meet in the 50 state capitals and Washington, D.C. to cast their ballots. To be elected a president, therefore, a candidate must score 270 Electoral College votes, representing 50 per cent plus one vote or a simple majority vote. As the electors prepare to vote on Monday, there are reports that many Republican electoral college members have been besieged by phone calls and e-mails to vote against Trump. Clinton’s victory in the popular vote, by a margin of close to three million but not the electoral vote an