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What political office does the electoral college decide?
Only the U. S. Presidency and the U. S. Vice Presidency, and only when one of the candidates gets more than half of the available votes.
What political office is elected by members of an electoral college consisting of MPs and MLAs?
president
What did the 1st 3 presidents do to get in office?
They were elected by the electoral college. The electoral college is still in place today although it is not used. The candidates would write to influential businessmen and try to get their support. It was considered ungentlemanly to campaign like the candidates do nowadays. The person who came in first was president and the person who came in second was vice- president.
What office were political candidates Coffin and Hay running for?
Political party
Which political organizations have the role of nominating presidential candidates for office?
political parties
A person running for political office is called a?
A person running for political office is called a candidate. Candidates typically represent a political party or run as independents, and they seek election to a specific position such as president, senator, mayor, or council member. During their campaign, candidates present their platform and policies to voters in the hopes of winning their support and ultimately being elected to the office they are seeking.
How do candidates get elected for political office in the US?
In the US, candidates get elected to political office by:getting on the ballotconvincing people to vote for themreceiving the largest number of votes cast in the particular election.To get on the ballot a candidate may be selected at the convention of a political party at the county, state or national level, depending on the office sought, or by winning a primary election in which only members of a particular party may vote. A candidate may also circulate petitions and will be placed on the ballot if enough registered voters sign the nominating petition.Some local offices may be filled by nominally nonpartisan election. This is becoming less common. In a nonpartisan election the candidates are listed on the ballot without a party affiliation being shown or implied. Candidates in these elections typically must circulate petitions and are placed on the ballot if enough registered voters sign their petition.In presidential elections the voting is state-by-state. The person with the most votes in the general election in a given state wins the state. Each state has a number of electoral votes, which is the number of Representatives plus the number of Senators for that state. In most cases, which ever candidate wins in a state receives all that state's votes in the Electoral college, but a few states split the Electoral votes on the basis of proportion of votes received in the election.The candidate with a majority of electoral votes wins the election. Should no candidate receive a majority in the Electoral college, the US House of Representatives selects the winner from the two candidates with the most votes in the Electoral College.
What is a group which supports its beliefs and candidates for office?
political party
Who chooses the vice president if none of the candidates for that office receives a mojority of electoral votes?
The U.S. Senate
What office do the people not vote for directly?
the president. the electoral college choses
A political party seeks political power through the election of their candidates to office.?
A+: True
What is the elctoral college?
An electoral college is a set of electors who are selcted to elect a candidate to a particular office.
