BBC News published this video item, entitled “Donald Trump impeachment: The debate that led to acquittal – BBC News” – below is their description.
Watch the key moments from the US Senate floor during the historic impeachment vote to clear Donald Trump on the charge of inciting the deadly attack on the US Capitol.
A majority of senators – 57 to 43, including seven Republicans – voted to convict former President Donald Trump, 10 votes short of the 67 required to convict Mr Trump on a charge of incitement to insurrection.
If Mr Tump had been convicted, the US Senate could have voted to bar him from running for office ever again.
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Voting is a method for a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, in order to make a collective decision or express an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holders of high office by voting. Residents of a place represented by an elected official are called “constituents”, and those constituents who cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called “voters”. There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in decision-making can also be used as electoral systems, any which cater for proportional representation can only be used in elections.
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