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How does the electoral college help decide in the election of the us president?
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Who votes to determine the president elect?
The Electoral College voters decide the President-Elect because their votes are the ones that count.Whoever wins the Electoral Vote in any US Presidential Election will win.
Who decides the president?
If there is no clear winner in an election than the electoral college members will decide by there action in a race.
Does the electoral college decide the next president?
No the next president is decided by the amount of electoral votes the candidate gets. They need to have so many electoral votes to win the elections.
Does the House of Representatives ever decide the president?
yes, if no candidate has a majority in the electoral college
What is the best way to elect a president?
By popular vote! The electoral college should not decide.
How could the EC system concievably push the presidential election decision into congress?
If each candidate gets the same number of votes in the Electoral College, then the Congress will decide who gets to be President.
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.
Why did the house of representatives decide the winners in the election of 1824?
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
Why did the house of representative decide the winner in the election of 1824?
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
Under what set of circumstances might congress decide a presidential election?
Congress might decide a presidential election in the case of a disputed or tied Electoral College result. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives would vote to elect the president, with each state delegation having one vote. The Senate would vote to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
What happened after the electoral college votes in the election of 1800?
After the Electoral College voted in the election of 1800 the US had a Republican Vice President- John Adams and a Federalist President- Thomas Jefferson
Why was amendment 12 added?
The twelfth amendments deals with the election of the president. If something should happen that the electoral college fails to decide, the congress must decide. There is a full set of rules as to what happens and in what order to determine who the next leader will be.
