The date is set by Congress. It is specified in United States Code, Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 7 to be the first Monday after the second Wednesday of the December after the appointment of the electors. I figured out that that is always the sixth Monday after Election Day.
Election day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, where electors are chosen. Electors vote for the President and VP on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.
The electoral college elects the president and vice-president of the US. The electors are elected by popular vote and declare in advance how they will vote if they are elected, so the people choose electors who will vote the way they would vote if they were electors.
269 electors vote Republican, and the other 269 electors vote Democratic.
An elector is free to vote for whomever he or she wishes. That is why it is important to choose electors carefully. If you want to elect a specific candidate, you vote for an elector who is loyal to that candidate.
Although the electors normally vote for their candidates, there have been faithless electors who voted for someone else or else did not vote.
the vote
November
To vote.
When voters go to the polls in November they are really voting for the electors of there state. Which ever party has the majority vote, then that party's electors get the vote for that certain state. and then those electors then vote for the president. This is all due to the Electoral College.
11 presidential electors who vote for the president and vice-president.
The electors in each state are elected by the popular vote in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.
Most states appoint their electors on a winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on Election Day. Maine and Nebraska are the only two current exceptions. Maine and Nebraska distribute their electoral votes proportionally, with two at-large electors representing the statewide winning presidential and vice-presidential candidates and one elector each representing the winners from each of their Congressional districts.