Want this question answered?
"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens."
That was a compromise between those who thought that Congress should select the President and those who thought the voting public should elect him.
In my opinion, 270 electoral votes are needed to become president.Hillary Clinton will become the 45th President and the first woman President with an electoral vote count between 325 & 375. - *89.7% chance of Clinton winning
People vote in an election.
In my opinion, 270 electoral votes are needed to become president. Hillary Clinton will become the 45th President and the first woman President with an electoral vote count between 325 & 375. - *89.7% chance of Clinton winning
George Washington was reelected president in 1792 and John Adams was reelected vice-president. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. George Washington received 132 electoral votes and John Adams received 77 electoral votes. Others receiving electoral votes were George Clinton (50), Thomas Jefferson (4), Aaron Burr (1)
The House Of Representatives i.e. the election of 1824 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
The Electoral College was created as a compromise between slave states and free states. Slave states were worried that the more populous northern states would dominate national politics, and the idea of using electors for deciding the President was adapted to counter this.
in the election of 1824 between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president. George Washington was reelected president in 1792 and John Adams was reelected vice-president. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. George Washington received 132 electoral votes and John Adams received 77 electoral votes. Others receiving electoral votes were George Clinton (50), Thomas Jefferson (4), Aaron Burr (1)
After the Electoral College voted in the election of 1800 the US had a Republican Vice President- John Adams and a Federalist President- Thomas Jefferson
There have been multiple close elections in U.S. history, but one notable example is the 1876 election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. In this election, Hayes won the electoral college by a margin of one vote, but this outcome was ultimately decided by a controversial compromise in the Electoral Commission that favored Hayes and led to his victory.