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The advantage of the Electoral College was that states could not artificially inflate their vote totals: each state was limited in how many electoral votes it could use in the election of the President. However, this was before the modern systems of population estimation that would detect if a state's votes were apparently too numerous.
With the current state-by-state winner-take-all system of awarding electoral votes (not mentioned in the US Constitution, but later enacted by 48 states), it could only take winning a bare plurality of popular votes in only the 11 most populous states, containing 56% of the population of the United States, for a candidate to win the Presidency, doing so with as little as 23% of the nation's popular vote!
The National Popular Vote bill would guarantee the majority of Electoral College votes, and thus the presidency, to the candidate who received the most popular votes in the country, by replacing state winner-take-all laws for awarding electoral votes. Two states (Maine and Nebraska) award electoral votes by district as well as overall.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoHow one feels about the Electoral College is largely determined by whether one believes that the federal government should be a federal government, or should be an integratedstate.
It was originally constituted as a federation, somewhat analogous to the present European Union or to the United Nations. That's why the Senate gives the same number of votes to each state, and why the Constitution prohibits any amendments to change that. It's also why it left alone the issue of slavery within individual states, and why a majority of states going into the Civil War believed that they had a right to secede. The Electoral College is constituted with this original philosophy of federalism, and a reminder of the intended limits on the federal government, in an era in which those limits are largely ignored.
Beyond that, some people see the College as a sort of brake, if the popular vote should go mad. Of course, it could also serve as a brake if the popular vote should finally go sane, and support a candidate whose programme threatened the ruling class.
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∙ 15y agoelect the vice president and president of the us elect the vice president and president of the us
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What are some of the electoral features that are unique to the US?
the electoral college is most likely the most unique. As it is possible to lose the popular vote for President but still win the election by the electoral college.
What are some good things to say about college basketball?
They are usually good.
How did the rise of political parties affect the electoral college?
Political parties began to effect the outcome of some of the Electoral College results. There were ties due to political loyalties.
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
Why was the electoral college put into place during the founding periods of the US?
The Electoral College is a group of citizens who are elected and act as representatives of the states in the USA, put into place to vote for, and elect the President and Vice President. It was created in 1787. Some people wanted a representative democracy, and some people wanted a direct democracy. With the Electoral College System, it was a compromise between the two. With the Electoral College System, the people could indirectly elect the President.
What are some problem with the electoral college?
Some argue that one problem with the electoral college is that it creates an unbalanced distribution of campaign resources. If a state doesn't have very many electoral votes, presidential candidates are less likely to focus on it. Another problem is unequal voting power, depending on where in the country someone lives.
How can Obama be president?
Well, he won the popular vote AND the electoral collage which is a big plus as we have learned you only really need one of the two in American elections which upsets some people. When the popular vote and the electoral college differ the winner of the electoral college gets the office.
Who eletcs the president of the US?
Contrary to what some people think, a group known as the electoral college is responsible for election. Based on the public voting in their state, the electoral college *should* vote for the person who wins the popular vote.
On what ground is the electoral college system?
The electoral system is criticized because individual votes do not really count in an electoral system. Some people think this is unfair, and that officers should be elected by the majority vote, not by the number of electorates.
Who formally elected the president?
The Electoral College formally elects the president. The Electoral College is elected based on population of that state and the persons elected cast the vote majority of their state. Although, not all Electoral College representatives cast the majority vote, some cast the vote based on their own opinion. See the last election, Bush and Gore. Al Gore won the popular vote, yet George W. Bush became president because of the Electoral College.
What are the names of some of the cabinet Members in the Execution Branch?
Electoral college, citizens, delegates, maybe the president
Why do we have electoral colleges?
In some ways, abstract concepts like states and corporations are considered more influential than ordinary citizens.
