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In the US who is elected indirectly through the electoral college?
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∙ 9y ago
The electoral college elects the President and the Vice President. The members of the electoral college are called electors and each elector casts one electoral vote for president and one vote for vice-president. There are 538 electors. Each state gets a number of electors equal to the total number of senators and representatives it has. Washington D.C. gets three even though it is not a state.
Each political party chooses the people it wants to serve as electors if it wins that state. On election day, although the names of the presidential candidates appear on the ballots, people are actually voting to choose electors who are pledged to vote for that candidate.
In December, after the popular election, the electors meet in their respective state capitals and cast their ballots for president and vice president. Theoretically, except in a few states, they can actually vote for anybody they want to but of course in practice they almost always vote for whomever they were pledged to support. The person who gets a majority (over half) of the electoral votes becomes president. If no one gets a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three vote-getters.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Electoral College elects the president. The members, called electors, are selected directly by the citizens of a state in the general election, which is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The candidates for elector have the same party affiliations as the candidates for president and VP and citizens select the electors accordingly. Often the names of the electors do not appear on the ballot, just the candidates they represent. However electors are not legally bound to cast their votes according to the wishes of the citizens who selected them, which means the Electoral College officially and truly elects the president and VP.
Each state gets a number of votes in the electoral college based on the number of Representatives in the House of Representatives and Senators in the US Senate. Each state is guaranteed at least 3 electoral votes; even Washington D.C. gets 3 electoral votes as required by the 23rd amendment. The electors then officially elect the president and vice-president on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the general election. The electors meet in their respective state capitals and vote. Their votes are signed , certified and sealed and sent to the president of the US Senate who in the presence of both houses of Congress opens and counts them .
The president and vice president candidates run as a team, even though voters and electors are not required to vote for both the presidential and VP candidates from a party, and both are elected in the same way by the same electoral college. If no candidate for President receives the required majority of the electoral vote, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the top three candidates via a special election in which each state gets one vote. The same procedure takes place in the Senate if no VP candidate gets the required majority of electoral votes.
Article II and the 12th Amendment to the US Constitution specify the election process.
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∙ 13y agoElectoral College (yes I know its same answer as "who elects president?" but it WAS a different question)
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∙ 13y agoElectoral College
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∙ 9y agoonly the President and the Vice President
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In the United states which of these are elected indirectly through the electoral college?
The President and Vice President of the United States are elected indirectly through the Electoral College. The voters in each state vote for a group of appointed electors who then cast their votes for the candidates based on the popular vote in their respective states.
What president is elected through the electoral?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President of the United States.
Who is directly elected through electoral colleges the president or the members of congress?
Congressmen are elected by direct ballot in their district. The President is elected indirectly by electors which each state chooses.
How is the prsident elected?
The President of the U.S.A is elected through indirect voting. U.S. citizens cast personal ballots for members of the U.S. Electoral College. The Electoral College directly elects the President.
How are vice presidents usually selected?
In the United States, Vice Presidents are indirectly elected through the Electoral College. This college is composed of electors that select the President and Vice President. Ballots are cast for the electors by voters in each state and the District of Columbia.
Who elect the president of india?
The President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of States and the Union Territories of Delhi and Pondicherry.
Branch of government is chosen indirectly through the electoral college?
The electoral college serves only one purpose and that is to elect the president and vice president every four years. The president is, of course, the head of the executive branch of the US government.
Who elects President of the US in the year 1832?
Since 1832 the president has been elected by citizens through the electoral college.
How do people get elected to the government?
The president gets elected by Electoral College. The Supreme Court justices get chosen by the president, and have to approved of by Congress. The House of Representative and Senate members are elected through direct elections.
Name one branch of the government elected directly by the people?
The only branch directly elected by the people is the house of Representatives. Judges are appointed and the president is elected through electoral college
How are representatives elected in democratic country?
They are elected through a well-organised electoral system of the democratic country.
How can electoral college votes be challenged?
The Electoral College votes cannot be challenged. They are appointed by their own State to vote for the State, but when elected they can vote any way they want. They do not have to follow the vote of the people of their State. The President is the only one elected this way. To challenge an elected President it can only be done through Constitutional means, such as treason, or unqualified to hold the office of President of the United States of America.
