There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
This group is the electoral college.
For common people to vote for president and make the right desicion
The electoral college, made up of elected politicians, makes the official decision on who the president will be. Putting this power with the elected officials means that the so-called "uninformed voters" would not be wholly in control of the presidential decision.
Winner-takes-all applies to all but 2 states currently members of the United States of America. Winner-takes-all refers to the representation of the state in the electoral college. Where it applies, the party candidates (more specifically their delegates) take up all seats in the electoral college of the state. If 50.1 peolple of one state vote Democratic, the Democratic delegates receive all seats in the electoral college of this state. If winner-takes-all does not apply to the state, there are other rules governing the allocation of seats, such as proprotional allocation or district-based allocation.
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ended up tied for first with 73 electoral votes each, but it was not the first electoral college vote.
Electoral College
Look up the electoral college process and you'll understand better. Hint: we pick, they pick. This happened because in colonial times, they couldn't decide who should pick the president: the "smart" people or citizens. Hope I helped....
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
the other runner up.
These people are called electors. They make up the electoral college which formally elects the President.
Electoral College