Popularity goes down because of poor decisions. Or scandals... Next election = less votes.
candidates try to win votes from the voters at the national convection.
Anyone who votes for candidates.
Third party candidates have a difficult time winning electoral votes
Elective votes.
votes!
The campaign begins. Candidates try to win voters by how
usually votes for the candidates who favored by the voter of the state
Majority
obama receieved all 27 votes
Barack Obama received 27 electoral votes by receiving 4,282,074 votes to John McCain's 4,045,624 votes.
270
The House of Representatives votes for the President from among the top three electoral candidates, with each state delegation casting one vote.