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Under the direct popular election plan to reform the Electoral College the winner would always be .?
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Identify a current criticism of the election process.?
The Electoral College vote does not always represent the popular vote.
Is the president chosen by most votes or electoral college?
By the electoral college, though it usually (not always) falls in line with the popular vote.
Why are there popular votes if the electoral colleges decide the presidency?
Because the popular vote decides which candidate wins that State's electoral college votes. In the present case, the electoral college will hardly have a choice and could be said to be redundant, but this has not always been the case.
What are seen as some flaws in the electoral college?
1) In close elections, the winner of the Electoral College may not have won a majority of the popular vote. (However, the only instance in which a candidate who received a majority(50%+1) but lost the election was in 1876; in 1888 and 2000 the winner of the popular vote lost, but no candidate had a majority.)2) Electoral College members are chosen based on party loyalty and almost always vote in accordance with party wishes, not the will of the people. In fact, in some states it is against the law for an Electoral College member to vote against their party; however, these laws are unenforceable.3) If under extreme circumstances the Electoral College is tied or deadlocked or there are unresolvable disputes over the validity of election returns, the House of Representatives chooses the president, using even more eccentric rules than the Electoral College. Each state gets one vote regardless of size, meaning Wyoming's vote would be in equal standing with California's, and conceivably a candidate with only a small fraction of the popular vote could win. However, this hasn't happened since 1824.Of course, this all assumes that a direct popular election is preferable to an indirect election. The Electoral College also carries certain advantages over a popular election, including the fact that under the Electoral College, one candidate nearly always wins a majority of the electoral vote (regardless of their showing in the popular vote) and there is little need for runoff or second-round voting. And also, since the elections are compartmentalized by state, in extremely close contests, there is no need for costly and exhaustive nationwide recounts of 100+ million ballots.
Who was the winner In the election of 1888 where Grover Cleveland received more popular votes than Benjamin Harrison but Harrison received the majority of the electoral votes?
Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.
Who formally chooses the president?
The body that has the power to elect the President of the United States is the electoral college. Usually the electoral college will cast their votes in the same manner as the popular vote was. This doesn't always happen. In the election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, Al Gore won the popular vote but the electoral college elected George W. Bush.
In the presidential elections Florida sends 27 electors to the electoral college and the results of the popular vote in the state are always close in the 2008 election Obama?
won Florida by a margin of about 2.8% of the vote, receiving 50.92% to McCain's 48.20%. This was significant as Florida carries a considerable number of electoral votes and winning the state helped contribute to Obama's overall victory in the election.
What are the arguments against the electoral college?
The biggest argument against the electoral college is that the electoral vote does not always reflect the preference of the majority of the population.
What year did they change over from the popular vote to the electoral vote?
There has always been an electoral vote since the beginning of the United States of America. Such is the election procedure specified in the original Constitution of the United States ratified in 1788.
What is a current criticism of the election process?
A current criticism of the election process is the lack of transparency and potential for voter fraud, particularly in the United States. Some critics argue that the use of electronic voting machines and the absence of paper trails make it difficult to verify the accuracy of election results. Additionally, concerns about voter suppression and gerrymandering have also been raised, highlighting the need for electoral reforms.
Should a president win by electoral or popular votes?
No. The electoral college decides who the president will be.Historically, the elected President has usually had a lead in both the electoral college and in the popular vote. The 3 exceptions to this were in 1876, 1888, and 2000. Rutherford B Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, and George W. Bush (first term) all trailed in the popular vote but won election in the electoral college.Also, in 1824 Andrew Jackson led both in popular and electoral votes, but failed to get an absolute majority. Accordingly the election went to the House of Representatives,which chose John Quincy Adams instead.Franklin D. Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt
Is the president elected by the majority of the popular vote?
No the popular vote does not decide the president. the reason this is , is because the person to be elected president has to win their parties votes before they can even be a candidate. what really has to happen is they have to count each states electorial votes and the number of democratic or rpublican votes decides the president.
