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How do electoral votes determined the president?

The candidate who receives the most electoral votes wins the presidency. It is possible to lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote to be elected president.


How are electoral votes determined in Colorado?

Based on the popular vote in the state


When parties receive the proportion of the legislators corresponding to their percentage of the vote winners are said to be determined by?

When parties receive the proportion of the legislators corresponding to their percentage of the vote, winners are said to be determined by the Electoral College or Electoral Vote. Each state has a certain percentage of the allotted popular vote.


Is it true that only 3 presidents have been elected with the electoral vote?

No, just the opposite is true. Of the 57 elections including 2012, in all but two (maybe three, depending on how you interpret 1876), the winner was determined by the electoral vote. Regarding the two cases in which the House of Representatives elected the president, the electoral vote counts determined from between/among whom they voted.


How is the total of 538 Electoral College votes determined What is the purpose of the popular vote in the Electoral College system?

The electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. Therefore, every elector in the Electoral College is expected to cast the electoral vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that elector's state.


Which state get the large number of electoral vote?

In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.


How many votes equal one electoral vote?

The state picks delegates who cast electoral votes for a state based upon the which canadiate won the popular vote in that state.


Who is responsible for the elections of the president?

The election of the president is determined by a popular vote and by the electoral college. The presidential candidate needs a majority of electoral votes to win, and the electoral votes usually coincide with the popular vote (with the exception of the election of George W Bush in 2000)


Why should people vote if the election is determined by electoral votes?

The electoral votes are (more or less) decided by how many popular votes are cast for the candidates in various districts. So especially if you vote in a "swing state" and in an undecided district it is important to vote.


What is the difference between popular vote for a senator and electoral vote vote for president?

the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in


Is Joe Biden from a state with a large electoral vote what number of electoral votes?

Joe Biden is from Delaware. Delaware has 3 electoral votes.


What causes the number of electoral votes in a state to incrase?

The people who vote