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Since the adoption of the present US Constitution n 1789, all American Presidents have been elected by the electoral college. Although the voting populace votes for Presidential candidates, they're actually selecting "electors" to go to the electoral college to vote for that candidate for President.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoMost presidents have been elected by the electoral college. There is a reciprocal question with more information at: Which_presidents_were_not_elected_by_the_electoral_college
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∙ 13y agoTechnically, all of them except Gerald Ford, who was never elected President or Vice president. In 1801 and 1825, the House of Representatives had to decide the election after an Electoral College tie (1800) and a lack of a majority (1824).
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∙ 12y agoThe only U. S. Presidents NOT elected by the electoral college were John Quincy Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes. Thomas Jefferson was elected once by the electoral college and once by the House of Representatives.
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∙ 8y agoNo president has been elected by popular vote. In 1789 presidents were elected in Congress and today they are still elected by electoral votes, so there is no direct popular vote. Even though they collect delegates in primary elections the delegates can change to another candidate or be bartered in the back rooms for something a candidate wants in return. For instance, Christi got something from Trump for his support and his delegates.
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∙ 13y agoJohn Quincey Adams:1824, Rutheford B. Hayes: 1876, Benjamin Harrison: 1888, George W. Bush: 2000.
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The president and vice presidents are really elected by?
The electoral college
Does the president win by electoral college or the popular vote?
Presidents are elected by electoral votes.
What month when presidents are elected?
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. Presidents are elected in December. The votes for president and vice president cast by the public in the November election elect members to the electoral college, and it is the electoral college that elects the President.
How did the writers of the constitution believe that the presidents would be selected?
They believed that he would be elected by the electoral college.
How might a presidential election winner lose the popular vote?
Presidents of the US are elected by the electoral college, they are not elected directly by the public. The public (in effect) elects the electors who form the electoral college. It has happened on several occasions that the winner of the popular vote was not the winner in the electoral college.
When were presidents elected by both popular citizen vote and the electoral college?
Presidents were never elected by popular vote. They have always be elected by the electors from each state who cast their electoral votes. What has changed is the way that the electors are selected. Nowadays they are chosen by popular vote, but at first the state legislatures would choose them.
When did the electoral college become created?
It is mandated by the US Constitution and has officially elected all US presidents. It was created in march of 1784
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
How many presidents have been elected unanimously?
No US president was elected unanimously by popular vote. The only president elected unanimously by the electoral college was George Washington (There was no popular vote in this election).
In the united the presidents are elected by?
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.
The president is elected by?
The electoral college
The president is elected by who?
The Electoral College.
