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What election did a candidate win the popular vote but lose the electoral college vote and therefore the election?
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A presidential election is won by the candidate who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
Who is against the electoral college?
Individuals who support the candidate that lost the Electoral College election generally are against the Electoral College system.
A presidential election is won by candidates who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
How is the election decided if neither candidate has the majority of the electoral college?
A vote in the House of Representatives
Can a presidential candidate win an election without the majority of the electoral college vote?
Yes
If a presidential candidate loses the electoral college election can he still win by receiving a majority of popular votes?
No.
How many proposers and recorders from the electoral college are needed for the presidential candidate to contest the election?
60-60
What were the reasons the electoral college was made?
In 1789 when the constitution was written there was no popular election of the president. It was all done by Congress. The electoral college is a method to control the election and not only have the popularity of a candidate win. We have lost the reasoning behind this in the modern history of elections.
Does every electoral college vote count?
Yes, every electoral college vote is important. Republic Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes.
If the electoral college fails to give any presidential candidate a majority the election of the president is?
The House selects the president out of the top 3 candidate with votes.
Number of votes in the electoral collage?
There are 538 votes in the electoral college. The candidate who wins a simple majority of 270 votes wins the election.
Who received the most electoral college votes in the election of 2012?
Democratic Party candidate incumbent President Barack Obama won reelection in the 2012 presidential election defeating Republican Party candidate Mitt Romney. In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Obama 65,446,032 and Romney 60,589,084.
