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How does the electoral college impact elections?
The electoral college elects the president and vice-president of the US. The electors are elected by popular vote and declare in advance how they will vote if they are elected, so the people choose electors who will vote the way they would vote if they were electors.
What is one way in which electors are chosen?
popular vote
Who are the elctors and how are they chosen?
electors are generally nominated by the parties in each state and the electors have a final say in the election to make it fair. the electors listen to the people and vote for the person chose most by the people and the electors can't vote any way they wish.
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.
What role does the popular vote play in a presidential election?
It has absolutely no impact at all. If something catastrophic happens before an election which could impact the general public's decision to vote well, it is the electoral colleges job to make sure that the correct vote is made. For instance, if the favored candidate's brother is charged with serial murder, and so people decide that they don't trust that candidate anymore, the popular vote will be against him, but the electoral college will vote for him because it is unfair to vote against the candidate just because his brother made a terrible mistake. The only impact people have in the election is that the popular vote is casted before the electoral vote, and so the electoral collage will usually vote the same way as the popular vote unless they feel that the popular vote was bias. The electoral college is not supposed to vote based on their opinion, but on the validity of the popular vote.
What is the flaws of the electoral college concerning the popular vote vs the electoral vote?
A candidate could be elected by having a majority of the Electoral votes, but losing the popular vote. And (at one time) Electors were not bound to vote the same way as the majority in their state had voted.
Are electors in all states legally required to vote for their states winner for president?
No, there is no Constitutional mandate on Electors following the popular vote of their state. I think that there has been three instances of this, however, I cannot recite what elections they are.
How do most states determine who wins the electors votes?
All states but Nebraska and Maine use the winner-take-all system to award all their electoral votes to the winner. However, some of the strongly Democratic states, mindful of 2000, add the requirement that all of their votes go to the leader in electoral votes. Nebraska and Maine give two votes to the state-wide leader and award the others to the leader in each Congressional district.
How are electoral college electors chosen?
Candidates for elector are chosen by the party leadership previous to the election and even though they are free to choose anyone they want, they are all sworn to vote for the party's candidate. The people choose the electors who will vote the way they want . After they are elected, the electors meet in the capitals of their states and cast their ballots for the president and vice president . Their ballots are sealed and certified and sent to the president of the Senate to be counted at a later date.
Can electors from the Electoral College vote any way they wish?
Yes, they are allowed to cast the votes in any way theysee fit to any candidate they wish. There is no law stating that the representatives have to vote for who the people told them to. When the electoral college meets, the reps can vote for whomever they wish (except in that handful of states where state law mandates who they vote for)..
How is the president voted int office?
The President is voted into office by way of the electoral college. The people cast their votes and based on their votes the electors vote for President.
The does not require a to vote for the candidate favored by the vote in his state?
The Electoral College. The President of the United States is not elected by the voters of the USA. The President is elected by members of the Electoral College. When we vote for President, we're actually voting for ELECTORS, who are pledged to vote for the winner of the nominee. However, there is no requirement that an elector must vote for the person he's supposed to represent. People who do not vote they way they are supposed to are called "faithless electors", and there have been several dozen over the 230-year history of the USA. Fortunately, no "faithless elector" has ever made the difference in the results of the election.
