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Does the number of votes in the electoral college depend on the number of votes the state wanted?
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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. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is fixed at 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). The number of electoral votes for individual states may increase or decrease based on the results of the census results.
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∙ 6y agoElectoral 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 states choose as many electors as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
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Which president believed in the spoils system and wanted to eliminate the electoral college?
Andrew Jackson
Why was the electoral college put into place during the founding periods of the US?
The Electoral College is a group of citizens who are elected and act as representatives of the states in the USA, put into place to vote for, and elect the President and Vice President. It was created in 1787. Some people wanted a representative democracy, and some people wanted a direct democracy. With the Electoral College System, it was a compromise between the two. With the Electoral College System, the people could indirectly elect the President.
Why were Senate and electoral college established?
the founding fathers wanted to keep the common people from making a mistake
Why does the US have the electoral college system?
The founding fathers wanted everyone (well, property owners and white men) to be able to vote for the president and the vice president, but did not trust the system, so they put the electoral college in to have the final say on the election.
How was the electoral college founded?
The electoral college in the US is a compromise reached by the founding fathers. States with smaller populations wanted each state to just have one vote, while states with large populations wanted to have every persons vote. This was not seen as fair by the smaller state because the large states could choose the president every time. So they compromised, each state would have a set number of votes based on the size of that states population.
Why is the president elected rather than appointed by congress?
The Founding Fathers were afraid of "mobocracy" and were more conservative. They wanted to make sure that the majority of uneducated people wouldn't always necessarily rule. Even senators were originally elected by the House of Representatives in the early days.
Who was it that got the same number of electoral votes as Thomas Jefferson?
When Jefferson became President the electorial system was not in place. Congress voted for the man they wanted.
The framers of the Constitution intended to create a presidency capable of what?
The framers wanted a presidency that could withstand intense popular pressure. It set out to accomplish this by having the president elected via the electoral college.
What was Andrew Jackson's beliefs regarding voting?
it was for thew slaves and had the right to judge like we do
What would be the reward for a WANTED greek goddess?
It would depend on why she was wanted.
What was an argument that wanted to secede?
The President received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election
Who established the electoral college?
The answer to what created the Electoral College is the Constitution, but the question asks who. The Constitution is not a "who"; so let's find that out. The decision to elect the president using an electoral college first occurred at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It's here where a committee, known as the Committee of Eleven on Postponed Matters, came up with general idea for an Electoral College. There are numerous reasons why the Electoral College was chosen over other ways to elect the president, but let's save that for a different question. So, the members of this committee, the answer to "who" created the Electoral College, were: -David Brearly of New Jersey -Daniel Carrol of Maryland -Rufus King of Massachusetts -James Madison of Virginia -Abraham Baldwin of Georgia -Roger Sherman of Connecticut -Hugh Williamson of North Carolina -Gouvernour Morris of Pennsylvania -John Dickinson of Delaware -Nicholas Gilman of New Hampshire -Pierce Butler of South Carolina
