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A candidate for president can win a majority of the total popular vote but still lose the presidential election.?
Generally your little brother has to be the governor of the second largest state in the union. You use his political appointments to disenfranchise millions of voters, then allow the supreme court justices your father appointed to name you the president. Or, you could just win the electoral college.
How many votes do you need to be presididnt?
It does not take a certain amount of votes to become president. The steps are a little bit different than most sommon votes. Each state has an election for the president on the same day. The candidate who wins the majority of the popular vote for that state gets all of that state's electoral college points. Each state has a different number of points in the electoral college sytem based on their population. It takes 270 electoral college points to win an election. For more information, check out http://www.270towin.com/
What margin is required to choose the president in the house?
If no candidate for the presidency wins a simple majority (51%) of the total number of electoral votes, then the House of Representatives have the power to choose the President of the US. Each state gets one vote. The margin required to choose the president in the House is a majority of those voting. The only time this happened, in 1824, the representatives of some of the states could not agree on how to vote and so those states did not vote.
If an opponent won the top 8 States could you still win in electoral votes?
Yes you could. That is why electoral votes are weird.
When were the electoral colleges created?
Number 68 in the "Federalist Papers" explains some of the reasons why the U.S. Constitutional Convention settled on the Electoral College system. Alexander Hamilton is thought to have written the essay. Any library will have the original, or you can just click here, but here's a loose paraphrase: "The election of the President is almost the only part of our proposed constitution that nobody's complaining about. In fact, one opponent of ours says it's 'pretty well guarded'. I think the idea is nearly perfect, myself. "We wanted the selection procedure to involve the people, since what we're doing is basically choosing a king for four years, which has to be a big deal. Hence the electors are not part of the government, but are elected by the people each time. "On the other hand, the people we wanted to actually choose the President were people who would know something about politics and could make reasonable arguments and responsible decisions about it. Clearly that doesn't apply to all the voters. But it does usually apply to people that get elected to public office. So we made this new office of elector. "We especially didn't want an election that could be hijacked by gangs or mass hysteria on election day, and I think we've found a way to prevent that. The voting on election day is just to choose electors, and it's hard to imagine people getting worked up about that. Plus, the electors don't even meet all together, only in their home states, so there won't be a chanting crowd outside the door or anything like that. "What we wanted most of all was to discourage conspiracy and bribery, which we expect to see foreign governments try. The two-stage election takes care of that too, because no one knows who the electors will be until a few weeks before they make their choice. And since they're spread out across the country, there simply wouldn't be time to buy them all. "The other best thing about the Electoral College is that it's not Congress. Electors do one job, one time, and then go home. The President doesn't have to deal with them or worry about their reaction, as he does with Congress...."
Why are the battleground states so important to Romney and Obama?
The electoral votes from those states could decide the election.
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.
Who are the people who formally elect the president and vice president of the United states?
the Electoral College, or you could call them the Electors.
In which year was George Washington elected by the electoral college?
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 reelected president in 1792 and John Adams was reelected vice-president. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. George Washington received 132 electoral votes and John Adams received 77 electoral votes. Others receiving electoral votes were George Clinton (50), Thomas Jefferson (4), Aaron Burr (1)
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.
Why do people vote if election is based on electoral votes?
The reason why people vote for the president even though it is based on an electoral college is because if you are voting for a slate of people which vote for the president, it is still important! It is even more important if you are in a battleground state because then your vote could help decide the election! (example: Albert Gore Jr. vs. George W. Bush; 300 votes in Florida could have changed the outcome of the election!)
What were the results of the presidential election of 1769?
In 1836, the incumbent vice-president, Democrat Martin Van Buren won 50.8% of the popular vote and 170 electoral votes by carrying 15 states The Whigs ran different candidates in different parts of the country in hopes that they could keep Van Buren from getting a majority. In total the four Whig candidates won 11 states and 124 electoral votes.
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.
Can you be president and not have the most electoral votes?
One could win the US presidential election without the ten states with the highest number of electoral votes (256), although since numbers nine through eleven each have 15 votes if all eleven of the states with the most electoral votes went for one candidate there is no way the other candidate could win (271 votes against). In the 'top ten ' scenario, all of the remaining states, with the exception of Massachusetts (12 votes) would have to be won by the candidate collecting electoral votes from the smaller (when calculated by electoral votes) states.
Can a person run for President of the United States in 2014?
A person could announce in 2014 that he or she plans to run for President of the United States, but the election is not until 2016.
How have political changed the electoral college?
The emergence of political parties and nationally coordinated election campaigns soon complicated matters in the elections of 1796 and 1800. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1804. In 1796, the recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. The United States presidential election of 1796 was the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Although John Adams won, Thomas Jefferson received more electoral votes than John Adams' vice-presidential running mate Thomas Pinckney and Jefferson was elected Vice-President. Responding to the problems from those elections, the Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment in 1803 - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3. By June 1804, the states had ratified the amendment in time for the 1804 election.
What was a result of of the election of 1800?
According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting in 1796 and 1800, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The United States presidential election of 1796 resulted in the election of a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Responding to the problems from the 1796 and 1800 elections, in 1803 Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. By June 1804, the states had ratified the amendment in time for the 1804 election.
