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How do we determine how many electors each state gets in the electoral collage?
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Does each state have an equal amount of electors in the electoral collage?
No. each state has as many electoral collage members as they have congressmen
Who are electoral?
Electoral votes 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. The number is the total number of representative the state has in Congress in both houses total. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. 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.
What document created the electoral college?
The document that created the electoral college is the US Constitution. It states how to determine the number of electors to be given to each state as well as how to determine the presidency.
How many electors are in new your state?
There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College for the presidential election. New York State has 29 electors in the Electoral College.
Who actually casts the electoral votes for each state?
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. The electors vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Who is elected by eligible US citizen who vote and by the electoral?
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. 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.
How do you get the number of electors for the electoral college?
By the population of the state.
What is a group of electors from each state who votes for president?
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
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.
Whom does electoral collage elect?
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia 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.
What two numbers added together determine the number of electors a state receives?
Each state is allowed a specific amount of electoral votes. The amount of electoral votes provided to the state can be determined by adding the amount of congressmen with the amount of senators the state has.
What two things determine how many electoral votes a state gets?
The number of Representatives and Senators of the state combined.
