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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.
What margin If no candidate for the presidency wins a simple majority to the total number of electoral votes what body has the power to choose the president?
If no candidate for the presidency wins a simple majority of the total number of electoral votes, the decision is made by the U.S. House of Representatives. Each state delegation in the House gets one vote to choose the president from the three candidates with the most electoral votes.
A candidate can win the presidency with?
Answer this question… a loss in the popular vote and a majority in the electoral college.
In order to win the presidency, a candidate must receive _____ of electoral college votes?
a majority (270)
What is done if no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes?
The Presidency is decided by the House of Representatives.
To become President a candidate must win the majority of?
electoral college vote
To become president of the US a candidate has to receive a majority of votes from what?
The Electoral College
In 1824 who selects the president when no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes?
Congress.
When no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes the election of the president is determined by?
congress
How is electoral college set up?
The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes (270) wins the Presidency. The number 538 is the sum of the nation's 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and 3electorsgiven to the District of Columbia. Every four years, voters go to the polls and select a candidate for President and Vice-President.
The House of Representatives has the power to select the President if no candidate receives a majority of the votes?
electoral
Does the House of Representatives ever decide the president?
yes, if no candidate has a majority in the electoral college
