Electoral college is actually the means which officially determines the election of the President and Vice President--if the votes are more than 50% for a single candidate for each office. They are actual people selected by the voters of the individual states; they are "pledged" to vote for a slate of President/Vice President, but they are not legally required to do so (and, in the case of death or disability, would be empowered to vote for someone else). They are "elected" for this single purpose, and electors for the major party candidates are usually chosen from among party loyalists in their respective states.
If they don't get 50% in their balloting, the decision of electing the President goes to the House and the Electoral College is released from further duty.
Each state gets there own set number of electoral votes. If a candidate wins in that state, they get the electoral votes of that state.
the candidate who receives the most popular votes in a state is credited with all that states electoral votes
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there are 538 Electors in the electoral college and the candidate running for president needs 270 electoral vote to win
An electoral college is a set of electors who are selcted to elect a candidate to a particular office.
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
They are called electors and as a group they form the electoral college.
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.
Electors are typically appointed by political parties in each state. Each party selects a slate of electors to represent them in the Electoral College during the presidential election. The number of electors assigned to each state is based on its total number of Senators and Representatives in Congress.
The states choose as many "electors" as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.
The electoral college, made up of the electors from the states and DC elect the US President.
The citizens are the voters for the electoral college.
currently (since 1964), 270
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