0
What happens when a presidential candidate wins the election based on electoral vote but loses the popular vote?
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
based on what happened in the 2000 election, he (or she) becomes president.
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What happens if the 270 electoral votes are not earned by one candidate in a presidential election?
The election is decided by a vote of the members of the US House of Representatives.
What happens if a presidential candidate does not get a nessacary electoral vote to win the election?
when that happens they get kicked out of the country. I love class
When citizens vote for the Presidential candidate they are electing a member of the Electoral College?
Yes, you are right - that is what happens.
What happens when a presidential candidate wins a state with slightly more than half the popular vote?
The candidate gets all of the state's electoral votes
What happens when a presidential candidate wins state with slightly more than half of the popular vote?
The candidate gets all of the state's electoral votes
What happens when a presidential candidate wins a state slightly more than half of the popular vote?
The candidate gets all of the state's electoral votes
What happens when a presidential candidate wins a state with slightly more than half of popular vote?
The candidate gets all of the state's electoral votes
What happens on January sixth every four years?
In the U.S., that's the date when Congress counts the electoral votes after a presidential/ vice presidential election.
What happens if no candidate receives a majority of the vote?
If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes then the U.S. House of Representatives will elect the President from the three candidates with the majority of votes in a special election in which each state gets one vote. This was established by the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Can a presidential candidate still win the election even if he loses the electoral college election?
Yes; it happened in 1824. A candidate must have over 50% of the electoral votes to win the electoral college election. Ever since the Election of 1964, that "magic number" has been 270. When nobody has that many, the electoral college no longer has anything to do with the election; the House of Representatives gets the job of electing the President. When that happens, each state gets only one vote, so although there are 435 House Members, no more than 50 votes are cast. The reason that happened in 1824 is that the 3rd- and 4th-place finishers received a total of 30% of the votes. Andrew Jackson had the most popular votes AND the most electoral votes (38%), but the House elected John Quincy Adams President. (Jackson beat Adams four years later.) If no Vice-Presidential candidate has more than 50% of the electoral votes, the Senate elects the Vice President. That happened in 1836, but it wasn't controversial like the 1824 election. The Senate elected the man who was just one vote shy of the required minimum electoral votes.
A person votes for a candidate for the city council?
People vote for a presidential candidate during a presidential election, which happens every four years. Registered voters are allowed to vote in elections.
What happens between the general election and a candidate actually winning the election?
something happens
