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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.
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On what date are the electoral votes cast for president and vice president of the United States?
March 4 as the original date. Since the President is now inaugurated in January, the meeting of the Electoral College was moved to an earlier date.
How many electoral votes does Obama get now?
The president's final total for the 2012 election was 332 electoral votes, compared to Mitt Romney's 206.
How many electoral votes does Barack Obama get now?
With all the votes counted, President Obama ended up with 332 electoral votes, more than enough to gain re-election to a second term as president.
Have the electoral college already voted?
The electoral college is the method stipulated in Article II, Section I of the constitution for election of the president and vice president. Originally each state chose electors equal in number to the representatives and senators. They voted for 2 candidates each at least one of whom had to be from another state.. The person getting the most votes became president and the runner up vice president. If no one got the majority the House was to choose the president and vice president from the three leading candidates. Modern critics note that it has several dangerous flaws. For example a president can be elected with a majority of electoral votes even though his opponent has won the majority of popular votes. Now, that I have given a history of what this is I can answer your question. The last time the electoral college voted was after the election in 2008. It will vote again when the results of the next election are finished in 20012. Today the man/woman who gets the popular vote in each state the electoral college votes for that state goes to the candidate who got the most votes.
Since an electoral college need not be swayed by popular vote does my vote really count?
Yes, your vote absolutely still counts; it is part of the electoral college for your state. For example, my state, Michigan, has 17 electoral votes. My vote, along with the other voters in Michigan, comprise those 17 electoral votes. Now, what can happen is that one candidate wins some states in a landslide, but the other candidate squeaks by in other states. The "squeaker" ends up with less popular votes (all votes tallied together), but more electoral votes (votes individualized by state). In that case, congratulations President Squeaker!
Does california have 155 presidential electoral votes?
No, California now has 55 electoral votes.
Are Residents of Washington DC are now able to vote for electors for the president?
Yes. DC has 3 electoral votes.
What is the purpose of the eletoral college?
The electoral college determines who wins the presidency. For a person to win the presidency they need to get the majority of the electoral votes which I believe is 181. The electors for a state will in most cases vote with the popular vote for the state and whoever that is will win the state and get all of the electoral votes that are available for the state.
Difference between electoral college and popular vote?
The popular vote is the number of individuals who voted for a candidate.The electoral vote refers to the 538 representatives in the electoral college that ultimately determine the outcome of a presidential election. The number of electoral representatives in each state depends on population.Rather than directly voting for the president, United States citizens vote for representatives in the electoral college. Electors are technically free to vote for anyone, but tend to votes for candidates their constituency voted for.
What does a electoral vote mean?
Very confusing. Let me try to explain. Things are different now than when the US was first formed and the first presidents were elected. Back then, the man with highest votes became the President and the man with second highest was the Vice President. Now when someone votes for President they are not actually voting for the candidate. But they are selecting a group who will attend the Electoral College and cast a vote for the candidate. Each state is allowed a specify number of represenatives for the Electoral College based upon population and they must vote for the candidate. The Electoral College meets later to officially cast the vote for President but it should reflect the poll results. Who knows why they do it this way.
What happened in 1800's if no person attained the required number of electoral votes?
In 1800, much as today, if no one received a majority of the electoral votes. the House would elect a president from among the top five (now three) candidates with each state getting one vote. The person remaining with the most electoral votes would be vice-president unless two or more had the same number of votes. In this case, the Senate would choose the vice-president from among these top candidates.
Did Barack Obama win most of the electoral votes for Florida?
In 2008: Yes. Barack Obama received Florida's 27 electoral votes, beating John McCain 4,282,074 votes to 4,045,624 votes. In 2012, the state now had 29 electoral votes, and although it took a few extra days to count them all, President Obama was once again victorious. He received 4,237,756 votes, beating his challenger Mitt Romney, who had 4,163,447.
