Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. The political parties in each state choose slates of potential Electors sometime before the general election. The electoral college Electors in most states are selected by state party conventions or by the state party's central committee. In a few states the Electors are selected by primary election or by the party's presidential nominee. Political parties often choose Electors that are state elected officials, state party leaders, or people in the state who have a personal or political affiliation with their party's Presidential candidate.
On Election Day, the voters in each state select their state's Electors by casting their ballots for President. In most states, the names of individual Electors do not appear anywhere on the ballot; instead only those of the various candidates for President and Vice President appear, usually prefaced by the words "Electors for." The Electors are expected to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the party that nominated them.
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
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The electoral college elects the president of the united states. Each state has electoral votes according to their population.
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There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College for the presidential election. New York State has 29 electors in the Electoral College.
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There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
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The Electoral College is not a college in the traditional sense. Once every four years when the electors meet in the state capitals to cast their votes for president, reporters call that "The Electoral College." Saying "The Electoral College met," is simply a shorthand way of saying, "The Electors met in their respective State Capitals to cast their votes." The second statement is what really happened. The Electoral College does not really exist.
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By the population of the state.