answersLogoWhite

0

Does the incumbent senators vote for electoral college?

Updated: 8/20/2019
User Avatar

Wiki User

5y ago

Best Answer

Senators are not eligible to serve as an Elector in the U.S. Electoral College.

Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. The political parties in each state choose slates of potential Electors sometime before the general election. The electoral college Electors in most states are selected by state party conventions or by the state party's central committee. In a few states the Electors are selected by primary election or by the party's presidential nominee. Political parties often choose Electors that are state elected officials, state party leaders, or people in the state who have a personal or political affiliation with their party's Presidential candidate.

On Election Day, the voters in each state select their state's Electors by casting their ballots for President. In most states, the names of individual Electors do not appear anywhere on the ballot; instead only those of the various candidates for President and Vice President appear, usually prefaced by the words "Electors for." The Electors are expected to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the party that nominated them.

User Avatar

Wiki User

5y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Does the incumbent senators vote for electoral college?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What does it mean when the Electoral College rubber stamps the popular vote?

It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote


Does the electoral college vote on policies?

The electoral college does not vote on policies. The electoral college performs only one function. It elects the president of the United States.


How have the political parties changed the electoral college?

The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.


Who elects senator?

After the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators are by law directly elected by the voters in their respective states.Before 1913 it was up to the states to decide how they would choose their Senators. Some were directly elected, some were chosen by State Legislatures.


Does the president win by electoral college or the poplar vote?

Electoral.


Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?

The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.


What year was the Electoral College defect of popular vote versus electoral vote illustrated?

2013


After people vote in their state the is used to determine the winner of the presidential race?

electoral college The Electoral College probabably electoral college


Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?

Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.


What are the key dates of the electoral college?

There are no key dates. The electoral college votes after the popular vote.


Members of the electoral college are chosen by whom?

Electoral votes are decided by taking the number of Representatives each state sends to Congress, and adding two (for the two Senators each state recieves). The party with the highest popular vote in each state is allowed to send this number of electors to the Electoral College to vote for their party's candidate.


When the electoral college established what powers did it have?

to vote