electorial college
It was in December
presidential electors
Vice President of the United States
president and vice president
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
122,294,978 is the estimated total votes for President cast in 2004. See the related links for more details.
Electoral votes are what count when electing a President into office in the U.S.A..
John Adams holds the record for number of tie-breaking votes. He cast 29 votes while he was Vice President. Vice President John Calhoun is second with 28 tie-breaking votes.
The votes of the electoral college are officially counted by the Congress. Each state also counts their own ballots.
The President is voted into office by way of the electoral college. The people cast their votes and based on their votes the electors vote for President.
The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President of the United States. When the citizens of the United States vote the electors in the electoral college receive those votes and vote for the person chosen by that states people.
A Constitutional amendment to clarify the way votes are cast in the Electoral College was necessary because it was unclear as to which votes were for the president and which votes were for the vice president. This was accomplished through the Twelfth Amendment.