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What is the importance of popular vote the electoral college and voter registration?
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In the United States, a citizen has the right to vote, as long as they register. Popular vote and the electoral college are the method of electing a president; registration is the ability to cast a ballot.
Popular vote is the sum of all ballots cast for one candidate. This number comes from voting precincts. All states have precincts in some form or another. A candidate "wins" a precinct (gets the majority of the popular vote). Winning the majority of the precincts in a county wins that county. Winning the majority of counties in a state wins that state.
The electoral college is actually the method of electing the president (yes, presidents have lost the popular vote and still been elected president). Each state is provided a certain number of electoral delegates (the number of U.S. Representatives they have, plus two per state for their U.S. Senators). Whichever candidate wins a state, their electoral college representatives cast their "vote" (support) for the candidate that won their state. For example: Candidate A receives 100,000 popular votes. Candidate B receives 75,000 popular votes. Candidate A wins the state. The state has three representatives in Congress, plus two Senators. Their five electoral votes are cast for Candidate A.
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How have the political parties changed the electoral college?
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
What are the key dates of the electoral college?
There are no key dates. The electoral college votes after the popular vote.
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
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.
What does it mean when the Electoral College rubber stamps the popular vote?
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
Does the president win by electoral college or the popular vote?
Presidents are elected by electoral votes.
How the president get elected?
by popular and electoral college votes.
Is the president chosen by most votes or electoral college?
By the electoral college, though it usually (not always) falls in line with the popular vote.
What year was the Electoral College defect of popular vote versus electoral vote illustrated?
2013
What is the policy called that lets the popular candidate get all the electoral votes?
The Electoral college system
How have the results of the Electoral College differed from the popular?
The Electoral College is what really decides the presidency. Sadly, the Popular vote is only supposed to persuade your electoral college representative to vote for the dominant side, but in some cases that does not happen
Was there a popular presidential vote in 1860?
Yes and electoral college.
How might a presidential election winner lose the popular vote?
Presidents of the US are elected by the electoral college, they are not elected directly by the public. The public (in effect) elects the electors who form the electoral college. It has happened on several occasions that the winner of the popular vote was not the winner in the electoral college.
