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The purpose of the Electoral College is to vote for the president.
Ted Cruz did not win the 2016 Republican nomination for presidency. Therefore, he did not receive any electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
A romney needs 1,000 votes two win an electoral election
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What was the purpose of the Electoral College when the Framers wrote the Constitution?
Alternative Vote electoral system
Alberta's electoral system is referred to a single member constituency
There is exactly 538 in the Electoral College System.
The purpose of the electoral college is to ' break the tie' between two opposing parties. Let's say, there are two candidates running for the presidency. For the sake of argument we'll call them George W. Bush and Al Gore. After all the campaigning is done and all the votes have been tallied and counted, we find that both candidates seem to have about the same number of popular votes. Basically, we have a tie. This is when the electoral college steps in to cast their votes. It is their votes that will be the deciding factor as to which candidate will win the nomination for the presidency.
The Umayyad family was responsible for ending this electoral system and instituting a dynastic system.
The total of 538 Electoral College votes is determined by allocating 435 votes to the House of Representatives (each state receives a minimum of one), 100 votes to the Senate (two per state), and three votes to the District of Columbia. The purpose of the popular vote in the Electoral College system is to determine the outcome of the presidential election in each state. The candidate who wins the popular vote in a state typically receives all of that state's electoral votes.