How is the president selected according to the Constitution?

Answer 1

The people in each state vote to choose slates, or groups, of electors who are pledged to a particular candidate for President. The slate with the most votes becomes the electors for that state and they vote to choose the president and vice-president.

Answer 2

US Presidents are elected by the people, sort of. Each state must conduct an election on the 1st Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years. After the votes are tallied the candidate with the most votes is awarded that state's electoral votes. Each state and DC have electors in the Electoral College equal to their Congressional representation. In Ohio, for instance, there are 18 congressional districts and 2 Senators which means they have 20 electors. Why do we have electors and not just a popular vote? Larger states like California or Texas could drown out the votes of say Idaho or Rhode Island. The founders wanted a candidate to have a broad appeal and not just cater to population centers. The electors are based on population anyhow so the larger states have an advantage all the same. The party who wins the electors then sends delegates to Washington to vote for their candidates. The delegates are not legally bound to vote for the winner of the state elections and while a few people in history have cast a vote for someone other than the person who won, it hasn't amounted to any differences in presidential outcomes. The votes are tallied in the well of the House of Representatives in a joint session of Congress. It is presided over by the President of the Senate who happens to be the sitting Vice President of the United States. In 1988 the winner of the election was George H.W. Bush who also happened to be the sitting Vice President and so he declared himself the winner. In 2000, after a bitter and partisan fight over votes in Florida, George W. Bush was the winner of the electors from Florida thus the Presidency and the proceedings in the House was presided over by his opponent, the sitting Vice President, Al Gore, who declared Bush the winner.

Answer 3

You vote. A vote is when people go to a booth and pick the person (or plan) they like better. If the majority of the people pick one candidate more than the others then the one with the majority vote wins and becomes the new president.

In the USA (United States of America), the election is more complicated because each state is actually voting for representatives that vote in a subsequent election in an Electoral College. Larger states (in population) have more representatives, and thus, more influence. Most of the states work on a winner-take-all contest with the exceptions of Maine and Nebraska, where the winner of each congressional district wins 1 electoral vote, and the overall winner across the state getting the other 2 electoral votes. Currently 270 out of 539 electoral votes are needed to officially win the presidency.

Occasionally, the two results do not match. In the George W. Bush vs. Albert Gore Jr. contest of 2000, Bush won the Electoral Vote but Gore won the Popular Vote.

In the rare instance where no candidate receives the majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives elects the President with the Senate electing the Vice President.

Answer 4

Technically he is elected by the electoral college, and not by the people directly. The system is still in place today, but it is not handled the way it was originally.

Answer 5

According to the Constitution the President of the United States is elected based on the votes cast from each state. Each political party chooses their own candidate to represent them.

Answer 6

A president is technically chosen by the Electoral College. The electoral college is chosen by the people of the United States.

Answer 7

A tally of the Electoral College. The electorate with 270 votes wins.

Answer 8

State Electors

Answer 9

through the votes of the Electoral College