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How is the number of electors each state receives in and the Electoral College decided?
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What is the danger of the election being decided by the house of representatives?
When no presidential candidate receives votes from more than half of the appointed electors, the House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three electoral vote recipients.
What is a presidential winner decided by?
The Electoral College.
What are 3 criticisms of the electoral college system?
1)the winner of the popular vote is not guaranteed the presidency. 2)electors are not required to vote. 3)any election might have to be decided in the house of representatives.
Members of the electoral college are chosen by whom?
Electoral votes are decided by taking the number of Representatives each state sends to Congress, and adding two (for the two Senators each state recieves). The party with the highest popular vote in each state is allowed to send this number of electors to the Electoral College to vote for their party's candidate.
Why was he elected as president?
Because the Electoral College decided to.
The use of an electoral college to select a president was?
The president of the United States is elected to office by the electoral college as opposed to popular vote. Any candidate who wins the presidency has to have a majority of at least 270 electoral votes. If no candidate receives a majority, the election will need to be decided via a procedure outlined in the Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution.
Who and when was it decided to have an electoral college?
Back when our government was being decided upon by the founding fathers, some felt that, since the States were in charge, that the States should elect the President. Others felt that, to be more democratic, the people, themselves, should elect the President. They could not agree on one or the other method, so they combined them, and that became the Law. In a National election, people vote for State electors, who in turn, elect the President. The group of electors is called the "Electoral College", using the old meaning for 'College'. All of the electors in a given State are supposed to all vote for the same candidate: The one that the most number of people voted for.
What is done if no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes?
The Presidency is decided by the House of Representatives.
If there is a tie or no majorit in the electoral college votes how is it decided who would be president?
If the electoral college is not able to elect a President, the election goes to the House of Representatives.
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.
How is order of succession decided among the various cabinet positions?
electoral college
Is the president elected on electoral votes only?
No, the president is not elected solely on electoral votes. Electoral votes play a significant role in determining the outcome of the presidential election in the United States. However, the president is ultimately elected by the Electoral College, which is made up of electors who are chosen based on the popular vote in each state.
