legislative
Congress.
Congress (legislative branch) is elected by popular vote.
In the United States, the popular vote within a state elects members of the House of Representatives and the US Senate.
Leaders are selected by popular vote.
legislative
The executive branch is elected by the electoral college. The states send representatives to the electoral college. Whichever candidate had the most votes is the one that the candidate votes for.
Legislative branch is voted in by people of their states and districts.
They are elected by popular senate/house vote
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.
You get selected at random. You can only be selected if you are registered to vote.
You get selected at random. You can only be selected if you are registered to vote.
In a democracy leaders are selected by democratic vote. Democratic vote is how leaders are selected in a democracy.