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How do the electors decide witch candidatet chose for the electoral vote?
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they go by the electoral colledge
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Who intially chose the electors from each state for the electoral college?
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Who was the group of electors that chose the vice president and president?
electoral college
Did the electoral college system originally give power to people or to elected officials when a president is selected?
States were given the power to decide for themselves how their electors would be chosen. I think it was assumed that state legislatures would chose the electors . Such a procedure would give the elected officials more power.
How many electors chose the emperor in the holy roman empire?
Seven electors chose the Holy Roman Emperor.
People vote for parties and not individuals?
neither ! voters chose a slate of ELECTORS pledged to a particular candidate after the election the Secretary of State certifies which SLATE OF ELECTORS was elected and that slate of electors forms the body of the electoral college which in turn elects the President-VP
Who chose electors prior to 1820 and why did the process change?
State lawmakers chose electors, but the process changed because people wanted more of a say in the selection.Federal lawmakers chose electors, but the process changed because state lawmakers wanted more of a say in the selection.White men who owned land chose electors, but the process changed because those who did not own land wanted a say in the selection.All white male citizens chose electors, but the process changed because state lawmakers wanted more control over the selection.
In France voters go the polls to elect the president whereas in America voter go to the polls to elect the electoral college According to you what do the electors of the electoral college do?
First off, the general public do not elect the voters in the electoral college. Those chosen to cast a vote as an elector are appointed to this position. After the popular vote in each state has been tallied, the electors of that state, (however many there are) cast all of their state's electoral votes for the candidate their state chose. However, this system was designed to prevent the popular vote from making a bad choice for President. Because of this, the electors in the Electoral College have the ability to change their vote and give it to the other candidate. The number of votes given to each state is based on that state's population. That is why, for example, California has more than fifty electoral votes while some states have only two or three.
Can the legislature of the states decide how presidential electors may be chosen?
No, members of the electoral college are chosen by each state's political party. For example, in California, the Democrats and Republicans (and presumably other parties such as the Green and Libertarian Parties) would select 55 devoted party members to be electors. California (as most states) has a winner-take-all system, so if, say Sen. Barack Obama won the popular vote of California, the 55 chosen electors of the Democratic Party of CA would go to their state capitol, Sacramento, on the Monday after the second Wednesday of December to cast their votes. In the 2008 election, it will be Dec. 15. The electors cast separate ballots for President and VP. Under the US Constitution, electors may choose whoever they want, but 24 states have laws punishing faithless electors, or electors who chose a candidate other than their political party's for President. (If you check out 270towin.com, they have historical Presidential election maps, along with mentions of third party electoral vote wins and those "faithless electors
What were German princes who chose the Holy Roman Emperor called?
Electors
Which president lost the popular vote and the electoral college vote?
John Quincy Adams was the only US president to be elected after losing the electoral vote. In 1824, no candidate won a majority of the electoral vote, so the election went to the House to decide. They chose Adams even though Andrew Jackson had won more electoral votes.
Who elects president of the US?
The electors, aka the Electoral College (though that term is not used in the Constitution). The US Constitution specifies the number of electors and the way they are to be apportioned among the states. It doesn't explicitly state how the states are to choose their electors. At present, all state choose their electors based on the results of the popular election; in most states it's on a "winner take all" basis, but they're not required to do it that way.
Did the Greeks have an Electoral College System?
No. The modern electoral college system originates from the Holy Roman Empire, which from 1376 to 1792 had a college of "Prince-Electors" - powerful and prominent monarchs, nobles or ecclesiastical office holders - who would chose a ruler within one of the Empire's nations to become Holy Roman Emperor. At no stage in its history, past or present, has Greece made use of an electoral college system.
