it makes it clear who won the election.
By Robert gonzalez
----it makes it clear who won the election (novanet)----
During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
In order to vote, you need to get registered on the national voter registry (Instituto Nacional Electoral / National Electoral Institute); you are given an ID which will be requested during elections.
The most electoral votes the state of Virginia has ever had is 13. This occurred during the 1960, 1964, and 1968 presidential elections. Since then, Virginia has had 11 electoral votes, which is its current allocation.
The electoral map changes every four years during presidential elections, when new data and voting patterns emerge. The next significant change will occur during the next presidential election in 2024.
The Electoral College is a group of citizens who are elected and act as representatives of the states in the USA, put into place to vote for, and elect the President and Vice President. It was created in 1787. Some people wanted a representative democracy, and some people wanted a direct democracy. With the Electoral College System, it was a compromise between the two. With the Electoral College System, the people could indirectly elect the President.
The plan that included what came to be known as the Electoral College was the Great Compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. This compromise established a bicameral legislature and addressed the issue of how to elect the President. The Electoral College was created as a method for electing the President indirectly through a body of electors chosen by the states, balancing the influence of populous and less populous states in the electoral process.
The popular vote is when the people vote for the president. in actuallity the people don't elect the president. the electorial college do. they win states with the popular vote then the delegates from those states vote for the candidate their state chooses.
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In Indiana, the electoral college electors are chosen by the political parties during their state conventions. Each party nominates a slate of electors equal to the number of congressional representatives Indiana has, which is currently 11. When citizens cast their votes in the presidential election, the candidate who receives the majority of the popular vote in the state typically has their electors pledged to vote for them in the Electoral College. These electors formally cast their votes for president and vice president during a meeting in December following the election.
One aspect of the presidential election that Andrew Jackson tried but ultimately failed to achieve was the elimination of the Electoral College system. He believed that the Electoral College undermined the principle of "one person, one vote" and favored the interests of the wealthy elite. Despite his efforts, Jackson was unable to gather enough support to abolish the Electoral College during his presidency.
federalism- the constitutional system that shares power between the national and state governments. Example: Consider presidential elections. Congress sets the date for national elections, but the states register voters and run the elections. States count the ballots, but the national government organizes the electoral vote, which really determines who will be president.