The electoral college has chosen the winners of all 57 presidential elections and all 53 vice presidential elections in U.S. history with the following exceptions:
It may surprise some people to know that the House still elects the president when nobody gets at least 270 presidential electoral votes, and the Senate still elects the vice president when nobody gets at least 270 vice presidential electoral votes. Although neither has happened in almost 200 years, those constitutional rules have never been amended or repealed.
The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president.
George Washington was twice elected unanimously .
James Monroe came close, getting all the votes but one in 1820.
The president is chosen by an electoral college.
electoral college
The electoral college.
The US President is chosen by the Electoral College
When the votes of the electoral college are counted.
By the electoral college, though it usually (not always) falls in line with the popular vote.
During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
The president is elected by the electoral college. Two hundred seventy electoral votes are needed to get elected.
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President of the United States.
They elect the president and vice-president.
The electors of the electoral college officially elect the president. They pledge their vote in advance so once the electors are chosen the outcome of their vote is not in doubt.
Electoral College