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When you vote for the US president for whom are you actually voting for?
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∙ 12y ago
When you "vote for president and vice president", you are actually voting, in most states, for the slate of electors of your state who have pledged to vote for the candidates you selected on the ballot.
For example, if you are in California and you select Barack Obama and Joe Biden on the ballot, you are actually voting for the 55 potential electors who have pledged to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
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∙ 12y agoYou are voting for electors in your state. They, in turn, are all supposed to vote for one candidate or the other.
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When voting for the president for whom are you actually voting?
When you "vote for president and vice president", you are actually voting, in most states, for the slate of electors of your state who have pledged to vote for the candidates you selected on the ballot. For example, if you are in California and you select Barack Obama and Joe Biden on the ballot, you are actually voting for the 55 potential electors who have pledged to vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
Voting where nobody can see from whom you vote is called..?
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Voting where nobody can see for whom you vote is called?
it's a not counted vote. (: xx :P xp
Can you vote once for president and once for vice president?
no. the vice president is chosen by the presedential nominee, whom you vote for.
Who actually casts the electoral votes for each state?
The states choose as many "electors" as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.
When electing the president what happens to an elector who votes opposite of whom they pledge to vote for?
There are two sets of electors. One set is Democratic and the other is Republican so before they get to the point of voting they have all ready determined who is voting for whom to prevent the exact thing you ask about. EDIT: There have been 158 instances throughout history of "faithless electors". Of them almost half of them changed their vote because the candidate died prior to them being able to vote, 2 chose not to vote at all and the rest (a little over half) either by accident or choice voted for someone other than who they pledged to vote for. Now if I remember correctly to-date only 24 states have legislation punshing faithless electors that range from fines to misdemeanors. While faithless electors have once postponed the election of a vice-president, they have never changed the outcome of an election to-date.
The last group to whom the constitution granted the right to vote was what?
1971 the 26th amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18.
The right to vote regardless of their race is provided in amendment?
It is the 13th amendment!- which gave voting rights to african amercan males, but the 15th amendment - states thet no citizen whom is a male can be denied the right to vote! so the answer is the 15th Amendment!
Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?
The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.
What is the importance of inauguration?
The inauguration of a US President is both significant and important. It demonstrates the peaceful transfer of power from the outgoing President to the new President. It also reflects (most times) the will of the voting citizens in whom they want as their leader.
What role does the voter plays in the selection of a president?
The voters choose the electors who then vote for the president. The electors say in advance for whom they are going to vote if they are elected. In many states the names of the electors do not even appear on the ballot, only the names of the candidates that the electors support.
What is the difference between the popular vote and a delegate?
In accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution, electoral votes determine the President and Vice President of the United States. The U.S. electoral vote system is referred to as the U.S. Electoral College. The electors are elected by direct popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors from each of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia then cast their electoral votes to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
