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Popular vote counts. It is used to choose the electors who elect the President.
Since the electors are chosen on a state by state basis, the total popular vote does not matter., but the popular vote from each state counts.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe problem with popular vote for president is that far more tombstones vote in Chicago than people live there. New York was a little better. Less than 3,000 dead people in New York voted. In New York City, Tammany Hall and not the government, runs the elections. For a Republican to win the Mayorship of New York City, far more people must vote Republican than live people and dead people vote Democrat. With the Electoral College system of electing a President, fraud stops at state lines.
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∙ 11y agoThe Founding Fathers of the USA (I presume you are asking about that country), back in the late 18th century, did not trust the masses. To vote when the Constitution was first ratified, you had to be white, male, over 21, and own real estate. Senators weren't even elected by popular vote, but by state legislators. These rules have been modified by the 12th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 26th amendments. Constitutional amendments have been proposed to abolish the electoral college and establish a popular vote for president of the US, but never passed by congress. It is difficult to amend the Constitution; it requires a 2/3 vote of both houses of congress and ratification by 3/4 of the state legislatures (there are alternate methods but hardly ever used), according to Article 5 of the Constitution. It is almost impossible to get a 2/3 vote in the Senate for such an amendment, because small states are protected by the electoral college and every state has two senators.
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because if he/she was voted on by popular we wouldnt know exactly if they are good for the job to get things done.
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∙ 13y agoThe procedure agreed to by the states when they joined the union is not a direct popular vote.
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∙ 11y agoThe reason why is they only count the votes from the electoral college. Your vote does not necessarily matter.
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∙ 12y agoThe framers of the Constitution decided on an indirect method and the first states ratified it with that idea in place.
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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.
If the president lost popular vote but got fewer votes and they still be elected?
if the president lost popular vote and got fewer electoral votes, he/she isn't the president... so that doesnt make sense. but yea, they wouldn't be elected cause they lost both popular and electoral. that's the question right? cause if you mean he lost popular vote but won electoral votes, he would become the president
Why isn't the president chosen by popular vote?
The president of the United States is elected by electoral vote.
How many presidents have been elected unanimously?
No US president was elected unanimously by popular vote. The only president elected unanimously by the electoral college was George Washington (There was no popular vote in this election).
What two presidents won the popular vote but were not elected?
Andrew Jackson was the only man who won the popular vote without being elected and later was elected president. Samuel Tilden and Al Gore won the popular vote but never became president.
Does the Mexican president get elected?
Yes he is, by direct popular vote.
Is elected by popular vote to 5 year terms?
the president of France
Are presidents elected by popular vote?
No. Popular vote is just to see what the people like. It's the electoral votes that count.
Was Benjamin Harrison elected president by the House of Representatives?
No. Although he lost the popular vote, he won in the electoral vote. He was elected by the electoral college.
1st US President not elected to office?
All have been elected in some format. When Washington became president there was no popular vote. Instead the men of Congress elected the president.
Has a president even been elected by popular vote only?
George Washington
What president was elected to presidency with forty three percent of the popular vote?
CLinton
