Scottish Goat Nails It
A goat in Scotland hit the news headlines the other day when it 'called' the American presidential election for Hillary Clinton
Like many people, the goat had to eat his words in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the voting returns delivered a surprised victory for Donald Trump.
So the goat seemed to have blown his 15 minutes of fame as Trump basked in his victory by 279 votes to Hillary Clinton's 228.
But on closer examination maybe the goat was right after all because the 279 to 228 represents the votes cast in the electoral college that is used for American presidential elections, whereby candidates 'win' individual states.
However in terms of the popular vote Hillary Clinton won the votes of 59,938,290 individual Americans (48%) while her rival Donald Trump won the support of only 59,704,836 citizens.
And on the basis that a goat in Scotland can;t be expected to know the difference between 'popular vote' and an 'electoral college', I say the horny-headed beast has done a fine damn job.
Like many people, the goat had to eat his words in the early hours of Wednesday morning as the voting returns delivered a surprised victory for Donald Trump.
So the goat seemed to have blown his 15 minutes of fame as Trump basked in his victory by 279 votes to Hillary Clinton's 228.
But on closer examination maybe the goat was right after all because the 279 to 228 represents the votes cast in the electoral college that is used for American presidential elections, whereby candidates 'win' individual states.
However in terms of the popular vote Hillary Clinton won the votes of 59,938,290 individual Americans (48%) while her rival Donald Trump won the support of only 59,704,836 citizens.
And on the basis that a goat in Scotland can;t be expected to know the difference between 'popular vote' and an 'electoral college', I say the horny-headed beast has done a fine damn job.
