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Federalist Party candidate John Adams won the 1796 presidential election defeating Democratic-Republican Party candidate Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson finished second with 68 electoral votes. Thomas Pinckney, John Adams' vice-presidential running mate, finished third with 59 electoral votes. Jefferson received the second highest number of electoral votes and was elected vice president according to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting. The 1796 presidential election the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Responding to the problems from the 1796 election, in 1803 Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. By June 1804, the states had ratified the amendment in time for the 1804 election.
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What is the total number of electors in Vermont?
In the electoral college, Vermont has 3. This site will give a breakdown of all the states.... http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/laws.html
Who ellects the president of the US?
The electoral college
Why the Framers did not anticipate the feature of the electoral college system?
The electoral college ceased to function as the farmers had intended because the it supported the idea of a two party system in the United States. The breakdown that occurred when there was a rise within the political party and other partisan policies that the farmers did not support.
Who directly elect the president?
electoral college
Who are the electors in the electoral college?
The citizens are the voters for the electoral college.
Do you favor abolishing the electoral college?
We the people, not we electoral college
After people vote in their state the is used to determine the winner of the presidential race?
electoral college The Electoral College probabably electoral college
Who is against the electoral college?
Individuals who support the candidate that lost the Electoral College election generally are against the Electoral College system.
What college is the president chosen by?
The president is chosen by an electoral college.
The US presidential election features the?
electoral college.
What is the point of electoral college?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States.
Does the electoral college elect the president?
Yes, the electoral college elects the president.
