1908 U.S. Presidential Election Results:
242 votes (50.10%) - minimum required
321 votes (66.46%) - Defense Sec. William Howard Taft (R-OH)
162 votes (33.54%) - Congressman William Jennings Bryan (D-NE)
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
The overall population determines how many electoral vote each states has.
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
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.
This has happened three times. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote, but Rutherford Hayes won the electoral majority by one vote. In 1888 Grover Cleveland lost in electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison even though he carred the popular vote. In 2000, Al Gore lost to George W. Bush but won the popular vote. ( In 1824, Andrew Jackson won both the popular vote and the electoral vote, but did not get the required majority of electoral vote and so in accordance with the law, the House of Representatives chose the president and they chose John Quincy Adams. )
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.
The electors of the electoral college officially elect the president. They pledge their vote in advance so once the electors are chosen the outcome of their vote is not in doubt.
the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in
California had 10 electoral college votes in 1908.
all states splitting their electoral votes between the candidates based on what percentage of the popular vote they won. (apex)
Alternative Vote electoral system
The amendment in question is not responsible for allowing a presidential candidate to lose the popular vote but win the electoral vote. This is a consequence of the design of the Electoral College, outlined in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. The Electoral College system can result in a discrepancy between the popular vote and the electoral vote, as it is the latter that ultimately determines the outcome of the presidential election.
The total of 538 Electoral College votes is determined by allocating 435 votes to the House of Representatives (each state receives a minimum of one), 100 votes to the Senate (two per state), and three votes to the District of Columbia. The purpose of the popular vote in the Electoral College system is to determine the outcome of the presidential election in each state. The candidate who wins the popular vote in a state typically receives all of that state's electoral votes.
2013
Yes. Each electoral vote in the constituency will be important.
Americans have political representation in both the House of Representative and the Senate
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.