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Why vote if all a candidate has to do is win the big 11 electoral states?
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∙ 11y ago
No candidate has ever won just the eleven big states. Almost always each candidate wins some of the large states so the winner must win some smaller states as well. Also the elections for Congressmen and Senators are held at the same time as president. You surely need to vote in for these positions, so it would seem foolish not to show your choice for President even if carrying your state is irrelevant to determining this election. In the next election your state might decide the election and good showing for your party can help the next candidate from your party raise campaign funds and win next time.
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What statement about the electoral college and the electoral process is most accurate?
It ensures that small staes have a voice in choosing the president. I know this because I just did it, in Apex.
In most states the winner of the popular vote gets what?
In all states but Nebraska and Maine, the winner of the popular vote gets all of that state's electoral votes. (Technically, the slate of electors pledged to the winning candidate is elected by the popular vote and these people go on to cast the state's electoral vote. )
In most states the winner of the popular vote get?
In all states but Nebraska and Maine, the winner of the popular vote gets all of that state's electoral votes. (Technically, the slate of electors pledged to the winning candidate is elected by the popular vote and these people go on to cast the state's electoral vote. )
How can you win the popular vote and still lose the election with the Electoral College system?
In the US elections for President and Vice President, the Electoral College actually votes to determine the winner. Many states award their electoral votes "winner take all" so that a narrow victory is the same as an overwhelming one. If one candidate wins most of the very-populous states but not enough electoral votes, their large popular vote in those states does not do them any good. The Electoral College was set up to avoid domination of the Presidency by candidates from the most populous states, at the expense of the more-numerous smaller states.
What are us electoral votes?
Electoral votes in the US are the popular vote for each state combined into an electoral. Example - 50,000 people vote for a candidate in one state. 60,000 vote for the other candidate in the same state. The candidate with 60,000 voted in that states gets the electoral vote. Note. A state can have more electoral votes depending on population.
Why why why why oh why did Trump win the 2016 Presidential Election instead of Clinton despite the fact that Clinton won the election?
It is possible that a candidate could win the "national" popular vote total but lose the electoral vote total. However, the electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. A candidate could win the electoral votes in a large state such as California winning the state by a huge margin. However, the opposing candidate could win the electoral votes in other states because a majority of the voters in those states vote for the opposing candidate. The President of the United States is the president for the people of all 50 states, not just the President for California, New York and a few of the other large states.
How has won the election with fewer votes?
Federally, the States choose the President with the Electoral College. Sometimes (usually) popular vote dictates how the members vote. Usually, if a State is even 51%:49% for a candidate, the candidate gets 100% of the vote. Thus, it has happened that the lesser popular over all vote was reflected in a greater Electoral College vote. (Huh?)
When states give all their electoral votes to candidate that wins the state?
In a winner-take-all state, all of the state's Electoral votes go to whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate).
How can a candidate win electoral votes with out the popular vote?
The popular vote and the electoral vote are two completely different things. The presidency is decided solely on who wins the electoral vote, and the popular vote is only good for giving us an idea of who is going to win the presidency. The larger the state the more votes they have in the electoral college, so if a president can win the majority of the large states electoral votes and a few smaller states they can gain the majority they need to win the presidency. In fact, if a president only needs to win the votes for the 11 largest states and they can win the presidency without a vote from the other 39 states.
In what type of system does a presidential candidate who wins a states popular vote receive all the states electoral votes?
The District of Columbia and 48 U.S. states (all except Maine and Nebraska) utilize a winner-takes-all rule for the Electoral College. In a winner-take-all state, all of the state's Electoral votes go to whichever candidate receives a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate). Maine and Nebraska use the "congressional district method", selecting one elector within each congressional district by popular vote and awarding two electors by a statewide popular vote.
How can presidential candidates receive the largest number of popular votes but can lose the election?
It is possible that a candidate could win the "national" popular vote total but lose the electoral vote total. However, the electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. A candidate could win the electoral votes in a large state such as California winning the state by a huge margin. However, the opposing candidate could win the electoral votes in other states because a majority of the voters in those states vote for the opposing candidate.
How does the winner take all system of the elctorial college work?
"Winner-take-all" in the electoral college itself is pretty much unavoidable, because we have no provision in the Constitution for two or more people each being "partially President".The winner-take-all provision that most states used to govern how that state's electors vote is entirely avoidable, though, and a few states (notably Maine and Nebraska) apportion their electors in a more equitable way. However, in the majority of states, all the state's electors are pledged to vote for the winner of the popular vote within that state. It means, for example, that the Democratic candidate for president is all but guaranteed California's 55 electoral votes even before the Democratic candidate is named, and the Republican candidate for the election of 2020 can, even now (in 2017) pencil in Texas' 38 electoral votes in his or her column.This, incidentally, is how a candidate for president can lose the electoral vote while winning a majority of the popular vote: In 2016, several of the states in which Clinton won tended to vote overwhelmingly Democratic (inflating the popular vote margin while not making any difference to the electoral vote), while the majority of states in which Trump won were decided much more narrowly.
