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Stephen Douglas won only 12 electoral voting (Missouri and a part of New Jersey) and
849,781 popular votes.
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What is electoral voting?
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
What if you go to vote and your name is not on the voting list?
It probably means your not on the electoral register. To resolve this go to your local council offices
Under what idea let voters in a terrtiory decide whether or not to allow slavery in their state?
The idea was called 'Popular Sovereignty', a phrase coined by Stephen Douglas, and it was the basis for the Kansas-Nebraska Act. It sounded reasonable enough. But it suffered from one fatal flaw. It meant one state voting at a time - so that one state would become a magnet for every bully-boy from both sides, to try to sway the voting through violence, intimidation and corruption. When it was tried, in Kansas, the result went down in history as 'Bleeding Kansas'.
This system is often called a winner-take-all system?
the Electoral College
what was the result of the 19th amendment (apex)?
voting rights were extended to all citizens regardless of gender
What is the synonym for elective?
voting, electoral, constituent
What does electorate mean?
The term 'electoral' refers to elections. The number of electoral states for example would be a term used. Electoral voting refers to people voting for the candidates in an election.
What is the US Presidential voting system called?
The Electoral college is the Presidential voting system. The electoral college gives each state a certain amount of electoral votes. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of the citizens votes, he will also get the electoral vote.
Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength of a particular group is known as?
Dividing electoral districts to limit the voting strength of a particular group is known as gerrymandering.
What is electoral voting?
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
Who does the electorial voting for Florida?
Whoever the state decides to pick as delegates will do the electoral voting for the state of Florida.
Senator Stephen A Douglas believed that the only democratic way to deal with the slavery issue was through?
Senator Stephen A. Douglas believed that the only way to democratically deal with the issue of slavery was by voting. This was called popular sovereignty and applied to his Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854.
Can the internet indirectly eliminate the electoral college?
The electoral college was created when instantaneous voting was not possible, as it currently is with the internet.
How the internet can indirectly eliminate the electoral college?
The electoral college was created when instantaneous voting was not possible, as it currently is with the Internet.
What was the last US state to send electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature?
Antebellum South Carolina had a policy of sending electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature.
What is is the impact of voting?
In voting for the president, the way the area or state (depending on population and representation in the Electoral College) usually determines how the represenative in the electoral college will vote for the president. But sometimes the rep. will go against what his/her region voted for and just vote how they feel. In which case voting did nothing. In voting for state reps and senate and house reps voting counts if you really get into that sort of thing.
What is IFE in Mexico?
Instituto Federal Electoral. It is the federal voting registry for Mexico.
