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The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president. The votes are counted in 4 years on November 4. President Obama is this year's president.
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How many electoral votes does Barack Obama get now?
With all the votes counted, President Obama ended up with 332 electoral votes, more than enough to gain re-election to a second term as president.
What do you mean by counting day in election?
The day when all the votes are counted up.
What body ACTUALLY elects the president?
The electoral college elects the US president. When the people vote for president, they are actually voting for the electors who made up the electoral college and who actually elect the president. The electors pledge to support one particular candidate. The electors never meet as a group but each elector votes in his state capital and the votes are sent to the Senate president. They are counted in a joint session of Congress.
What group meets to elect the President?
This group is the electoral college.
Why did rival candidates become president and vicwe president?
candidate with most votes, president runner up candidate, vice president
Can a president and vice president on the same ticket receive a tie vote in the electoral college?
The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that electors clearly list the people receiving votes for president, with the number of votes for each, and separately, clearly list the people receiving votes for vice president, with the number of votes for each. In the election of 1988, one of the electors voted for the vice presidential candidate for president and voted for the presidential candidate for vice president. However, it's highly unlikely that half of the electors in one election will all make that mistake. But even if they do, if one candidate gets half of the votes for president, his running mate gets the other half of the votes for president, and nobody else gets any votes for president, then nobody has the required absolute majority of votes, and the House of Representatives has to elect the president from between those two. In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, ended up tied for first in the presidential election, and both had enough electoral votes. The 12th Amendment, which took effect before the next election, made sure that that could never happen again.
How many votes make up the majority and must be met to select the president?
A majority is one more than one-half of the votes. There are 538 electoral votes so 270 is the required majority.
Who casts their states formal votes for president?
These people are called electors. They make up the electoral college which formally elects the President.
Is the president elected on electoral votes only?
No, the president is not elected solely on electoral votes. Electoral votes play a significant role in determining the outcome of the presidential election in the United States. However, the president is ultimately elected by the Electoral College, which is made up of electors who are chosen based on the popular vote in each state.
A special body made up of people selected by each state which votes for the president and vice president is called the?
Such is called the Electoral College or the College of Electors.
Have there ever been a candidate who won by having more popular votes than electoral votes?
Not in the United States. The way the US is set up, the president is elected by electoral votes, not popular. In fact, President George W. Bush received a smaller portion of the popular vote instead of the electoral vote I believe.
Who received the second largest amount of electoral votes in the 1796 election?
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)
