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Who intially chose the electors from each state for the electoral college?
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Who was the group of electors that chose the vice president and president?
electoral college
How do the electors decide witch candidatet chose for the electoral vote?
they go by the electoral colledge
People vote for parties and not individuals?
neither ! voters chose a slate of ELECTORS pledged to a particular candidate after the election the Secretary of State certifies which SLATE OF ELECTORS was elected and that slate of electors forms the body of the electoral college which in turn elects the President-VP
Did the Greeks have an Electoral College System?
No. The modern electoral college system originates from the Holy Roman Empire, which from 1376 to 1792 had a college of "Prince-Electors" - powerful and prominent monarchs, nobles or ecclesiastical office holders - who would chose a ruler within one of the Empire's nations to become Holy Roman Emperor. At no stage in its history, past or present, has Greece made use of an electoral college system.
In France voters go the polls to elect the president whereas in America voter go to the polls to elect the electoral college According to you what do the electors of the electoral college do?
First off, the general public do not elect the voters in the electoral college. Those chosen to cast a vote as an elector are appointed to this position. After the popular vote in each state has been tallied, the electors of that state, (however many there are) cast all of their state's electoral votes for the candidate their state chose. However, this system was designed to prevent the popular vote from making a bad choice for President. Because of this, the electors in the Electoral College have the ability to change their vote and give it to the other candidate. The number of votes given to each state is based on that state's population. That is why, for example, California has more than fifty electoral votes while some states have only two or three.
Did the electoral college system originally give power to people or to elected officials when a president is selected?
States were given the power to decide for themselves how their electors would be chosen. I think it was assumed that state legislatures would chose the electors . Such a procedure would give the elected officials more power.
Who elects president of the US?
The electors, aka the Electoral College (though that term is not used in the Constitution). The US Constitution specifies the number of electors and the way they are to be apportioned among the states. It doesn't explicitly state how the states are to choose their electors. At present, all state choose their electors based on the results of the popular election; in most states it's on a "winner take all" basis, but they're not required to do it that way.
How many electors chose the emperor in the holy roman empire?
Seven electors chose the Holy Roman Emperor.
Who chose electors prior to 1820 and why did the process change?
State lawmakers chose electors, but the process changed because people wanted more of a say in the selection.Federal lawmakers chose electors, but the process changed because state lawmakers wanted more of a say in the selection.White men who owned land chose electors, but the process changed because those who did not own land wanted a say in the selection.All white male citizens chose electors, but the process changed because state lawmakers wanted more control over the selection.
When the electoral college wast first set up how were electors chosen?
In the U.S. presidential election of 1789,...in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Maryland, every elector was chosen by statewide popular vote.Delaware and Virginia were divided into a number of electoral districts equal to the number of electors, and each district elected one elector by popular vote.in each congressional district in Massachusetts, the voters voted for their choices of electors, then the state legislature chose one from the top two from each district's election. Since there are always two more electors than congressional districts, the state legislature appointed the other two electors by themselves.in Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina and Georgia, the state legislatures chose every elector. New York tried also to use this method, but because they could not come to a consensus New York ended up appointing no electors.only the states that had ratified the new Constitution were allowed to appoint electors. Rhode Island and North Carolina had not yet done so at that time.
Who originally chose the list of major party candidates that the elector college voted on for president and vice-president?
The party leaders were the ones that chose the list of major-party candidates for president and vice-president. The candidates were then voted on by the electoral college.
What does the electoral college do to chose the president?
Officially, yes. However, all states now have laws in place to provide some degree of assurance that the candidate who wins the popular vote within the state will actually get that state's electoral votes.
