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Why have an electoral college?
when they made the electoral college, they were afraid to let the "people" vote because they did not want any foolish mistakes and did not want a bad president.
How many electoral votes does Cruz have?
Ted Cruz did not win the 2016 Republican nomination for presidency. Therefore, he did not receive any electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
How does a state know how many electoral votes they have?
The electoral college vote for any state is the total number of congress people they have. So, house # + 2 from senate
How does today's Electoral College system attempt to provide a fair representation of the voting public?
not any more it doesn't
The use of an electoral college to select a president was?
The president of the United States is elected to office by the electoral college as opposed to popular vote. Any candidate who wins the presidency has to have a majority of at least 270 electoral votes. If no candidate receives a majority, the election will need to be decided via a procedure outlined in the Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution.
Who votes to determine the president elect?
The Electoral College voters decide the President-Elect because their votes are the ones that count.Whoever wins the Electoral Vote in any US Presidential Election will win.
Why couldn't residents of Washington DC before 1961 vote in presidential elections?
The district did not have any votes in the electoral college.
Presidents are elected?
US citizens vote on the first Tuesday in November at the general election to elect the various members of the Senate and the House of Representatives as well as state and local government officials. The elected members of the Federal Congress (Senate and House of Representatives) carry Electoral College votes from their home states, usually based on the majority party winner in each states polls. The President is elected by polling the votes each state brings to the Electoral College. In this day of televised counting and recounting the outcome of the Electoral College vote can be predicted before the college meets, but can still not be a guaranteed foregone conclusion, any state can change how it votes at the Electoral College - there is nothing in the constitution that binds it representatives to the Electoral College to vote along party political lines. It simply customary to do so.
Why couldn't people in Washington DC vote?
(The district did not have any votes in the electoral college.)
If the electoral college fails to give any presidential candidate a majority the election of the president is?
The House selects the president out of the top 3 candidate with votes.
Is an elector required to vote for the candidate of his or her party?
Any electoral college elector has the right to officaly support their political party's presidential nominee/candidate.
How do you get elected to be president?
Although each state holds presidential elections every 4 years, the actual "election" is held about a month later by the "Electoral College". The results from the "General Election" are generally transferred through the Electoral College, but the "Delegates" are not required to vote as their state did. The candidate with 270 Electoral Votes becomes president. Although the state by state elections are based on "Popular Vote", the actual election is solely based on the Electoral College. I.E. 2000, Gore v. Bush (Gore won the National Popular Vote while G. W. Bush won the Electoral Vote).
