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Why do you vote for president when the electoral college picks the president?
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∙ 11y ago
The popular vote decides who the electors will be. The people elect the electors and the electors elect the President. Furthermore, the electors swear to vote for a particular candidate. The voters know in advance how the electors they choose will vote.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoYou should vote because the electoral college's vote goes to the delegate of whom one the state. That is why America is a Republic Democracy which means one person represents a lot of people. In a Direct Democracy you would be voting and then the popular vote would win. But the electoral colleges votes are done off of the popular vote.
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∙ 11y agoThe electoral college only awards votes if the candidate has in fact won the popular votes in that state. So you really can't have one without the other. The problem is that some states are treated as more important-- they have more electoral votes. So it is still possible to win a number of states and lose the presidency, if all the states you won were smaller states with few electoral votes. That is why so much of the focus of the 2008 and 2012 elections were on the states which have a large number of electoral votes, such as Florida and Ohio.
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Does the president win by electoral college or the poplar vote?
Electoral.
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by?
Electors are elected by popular vote but the president is elected by the electoral college. A president candidate can win the popular vote and still not win if he doesn't win the electoral college.
What people can vote for president and vice president?
US citizens who are registered to vote elect delegates to the Electoral College, and the Electoral College elects the president and VP.
Does the electoral college vote on policies?
The electoral college does not vote on policies. The electoral college performs only one function. It elects the president of the United States.
What do electors of the electoral college vote on?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States.
Is your vote for president and vice president meaningful in the electoral college system?
Yes it is, as long as you have the right age to vote your vote counts in the Electoral College System by one simple vote there can be many outcomes.
President is elected by?
the majority vote of the electoral college
What are electors?
An electorate is a member of the electoral college. The Electoral College are the people of the United States that are selected by their state to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States. The actual general public do not vote for President or Vice President. Typically, it is a population of qualified voters.
Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?
The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.
Who do people vote for in the electoral college system?
President vice president
Does the president win by electoral college or the popular vote?
Presidents are elected by electoral votes.
Who gives vote to president?
the people but then it gets to the electoral college
