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Article: CLINTON WINS PRESIDENCY - IN REAL ELECTION THE OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL VOTE COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.(FRONT)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- December 17, 1996
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Byline: ROBERT LITTLE, STAFF WRITER
RICHMOND -- William Jefferson Clinton was elected to a second term as President of the United States on Monday.
Oh sure, he gave his victory speech weeks ago. The inauguration plans are well under way and Bob Dole has long since settled into retirement.
But the real election - that little-understood constitutional oddity known as the Electoral College - was held Monday in state capitals around the nation.
And, you guessed it, Bill Clinton won.
He didn't win Virginia, mind you. The 13 proud electors from the Old Dominion squeezed into the Capitol's creaky Old Senate Chamber and sided unanimously with the Republican ...