- Donald Trump received 77,303,568 votes.
- Kamala Harris received 75,019,230 votes
- But the decision as to who won is determined by the electoral college Trump won the election with 312 electoral votes to Harris's 226.
- The total number of votes cast in the 2024 election was 155,201,157, representing a voter turnout of 58.2% of the Voting Age Population (VAP)
- How does the electoral college work?Here's a simplified explanation:1. Electors, not direct votes: Instead of directly voting for a presidential candidate, voters in each state cast their ballots for a slate of "electors" who are pledged to that candidate.2. State-based allocation: Each state gets a specific number of electors, based on its total number of Representatives in the House and its two Senators in the Senate. This means states with larger populations generally have more electors.3. Winner-take-all (mostly): In 48 states and Washington, D.C., the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in that state receives all of that state's electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska use a proportional system, allocating some electoral votes based on the winner of each congressional district and two for the statewide winner.4. The magic number: A candidate needs to secure at least 270 electoral votes (out of a total of 538) to win the presidency.
Posts by blondie
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104Trump Tariffs started today, Some Countries Caved in early morning.
by liam inusa politicians in charge of the economy for the past 50 years were too stupid to understand how the economy works.
this just proves my theory, that an education on the top tier universities just sucks and means nothing in the real world, unless its in the stem education.
for 50 years usa had zero tariffs on other countries.
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Things Rutherford got wrong that Fred Franz had to clear up
by slimboyfat ini was interested by the suggestion in a recent discussion that rutherford was in some way preferable to fred franz, because i’ve not come across this view before.
it made me rethink my assumptions and try to work out why i hold the opposite view and prefer fred franz to rutherford.
i haven’t done any additional research, so i’m only drawing on what i can remember off the top of my head, but i thought i’d list a few things where i reckon fred franz’s approach was preferable to rutherford.
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blondie
Vidiot, exactly. The blind leading the blind, both fall into the ditch.
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You Could Be Stuck in a University When Your Parent Dies. Convention Day 2 Video
by liam inthe governing body is going all out at this years convention.
they are still discouraging university education.
i guess the end must be real close .
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As a jw in a university town, I saw many, many exceptions for attending a university. 1) if father not a jw, son is a jw not living at home, the elders decided he had to obey his non-jw father and go to university. 2) Could go to university, if kept up with meetings and preaching 3) Could go to university if lived at home and in Christian environment 3) Elder has big bucks, child allowed to go to university 4) and on and on...Only really works with jws who follow "men" and feel their everlasting life depends on having the elders approval. At one time, the organization was sending certain Bethelites to university to get a law degree, looked for members how had a degree in some field which required university degree to handle the organization'sl needs. I'm sure some of you know jws that skirted this so-called requirement of the WTS without negative results. Living in a fairly large city with a large university, many exceptions ending up being here.
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Letter of Disassociation to Former Religions / Baptism Questions ?
by HereIam60 inthis was prompted by some comments in another thread, but since it was somewhat "off" the original topic, i'm posting/asking seperately.... i was born in 1960, and baptized as a infant in a catholic church.
obviously i have no personal memory of this, and only know, because i was told, and we had a family photo of my parents holding me before the baptismal font while the priest prepared to do the sprinkling.
i was taken probably no more than 3 times to the catholic church in my early childhood and had no clue as to what was going on.. from the ages of 10 to 12 i attended a methodist sunday school, rarely the actual church service, but sang with the class in an annual christmas presentation in the church.. in the 1980s, studying with jehovah's witnesses, and considering baptism, i was told i had to write a letter to any religious group i had previously been involved with, stating i no longer wished any contact, wanted to be removed from their membership lists and witnessing as to why...(separation from satan's world, false religion, babylon etc.).
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The Watchtower Society said that people baptized in another religion, have to be baptized as one of Jehovah's witnesses. Up until 1918, Bible Students rebaptism was not necessaryl ( Only those baptized before 1918 did not have to be baptized again. While the exact details of Charles Taze Russell's personal baptismal practices before 1918 are not definitively documented, the organization later established that immersion before 1918, coupled with a shift away from a previous religious affiliation and affiliation with the Watch Tower, was considered valid.)
(1931 the Watchtower Society changed it to Jehovah's witnesses though there continued to be Bible Student groups after that, but not associated with Jehovah's witnesses). Yes, the Watchtower Society says you must be baptized through the WTS procedure for baptism to be considered officially one of Jehovah's witnesses. A record is kept of that in the congregation files, and notification if you move is sent to your new congregation. But in 1956, is was stated definitely, people needed to be rebaptized by jws.
WT 1956 July 1 p. 406 pp.14 “Often the question is asked whether one baptized previously in a ceremony performed by some other religious group should again be baptized when coming to an accurate knowledge of the truth and making a dedication to Jehovah. Because of what has been already said, now there is compelling reason for also saying, Yes, one must be baptized again. Obviously, by any of such religious systems one was never in reality baptized “in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit,” because had he been so baptized he would have appreciated the authority and office of such true Higher Powers. And if previously dedicated to Jehovah, the individual would have separated himself from such God-dishonoring Babylonish systems even before letting them baptize him. So the act of being baptized is not the important thing, but, rather, that which the act symbolizes is the element of importance.” January 15, 1989 Watchtower p. 13 "To become one of Jehovah’s Witnesses, then, a person must be a believer—one who exercises faith and gets baptized. Even before baptism, such faith manifests itself in godly conduct, trust in Jehovah, participation in the Kingdom-preaching work, and acceptance of Jesus’ ransom sacrifice. Faith in the ransom is emphasized for baptismal candidates, for the first of two questions the speaker asks them is: “On the basis of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, have you repented of your sins and dedicated yourself to Jehovah to do his will?” Only if the individual answers in the affirmative and also understands that his dedication and baptism identify him as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in association with God’s spirit-directed organization can he acceptably undergo water immersion. (The WTS does recommend sending a letter to the non-jw religion you were associated with, especially currently or in the near past.)
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Is the Governing Body hunting down PIMOs? LEAKED survey for select congregations in Canada
by liam init seems like the organization is hunting down pimos.
maybe the mark o donnell lawsuit is just the beginning.. this leaked survey in canada is asking some very weird questions from select publishers.
all i can say is that this will help wake up some pimi straddling the fence.
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Physically in Mentally In
Physically In Mentally Out
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Who will Survive Armageddon?
by Vanderhoven7 inbreaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.
according to sergio:.
are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.
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May survive
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Big Pharma knew, the vaccine was damaging hearts in young people and damaging life span in others.
by liam inexecutive order signed this morning.
prescription drugs reduced by 30-80 percent.
investigation by doge found out that other nations that were paying $100 dollars for a certain drug, americas were paying $1000 dollars or more for the same drug.
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Who will Survive Armageddon?
by Vanderhoven7 inbreaking news....there is hope for good hearted non-jws!!!.
according to sergio:.
are jehovah's witnesses the only ones to be saved during the end time?.
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St George of England "my greatest worry is that I may just survive. Just imagine living forever with only JW's on earth. That's not paradise, that's hell on earth!" I actually told that to some elders after we had discussed all the very unloving things done to me and others by fellow jws. I told them I didn't want to live forever with them. Did not argue with me on that point.
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Did the WT Policy on Lying Bother You When You Were a JW?
by Sea Breeze inhere's the wt standard for lying: "while malicious lying is definitely condemned in the bible, this does not mean that a person is under obligation to divulge truthful information to people who are not entitled to it" - insight pp.
244-245. vs. websters dictionary:.
lie, noun.
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Scully, of course, the GB decides and tells the rest of the jws who is "entitled." The WTS uses the concept by not telling its members about child sexual abuse. Even with the letters to the congregation from the GB, don't have the same info as that sent to the elder body. That floored my husband when he became an elder, even asked why they were different. Told that some info was not meant for the rest of the congregation...
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Federal Investigation into JW procedures
by kenmayo1 inhttps://www.investigatewest.org/investigatewest-reports/wa-law-mandating-clergy-report-child-abuse-to-be-investigated-by-trumps-justice-department-17882445.
investigatewest.
wa law mandating clergy report child abuse to be investigated by tr.... .
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blondie
I agree with that, Anony Mous.