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What year did they change over from the popular vote to the electoral vote?
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There has always been an electoral vote since the beginning of the United States of America. Such is the election procedure specified in the original Constitution of the United States ratified in 1788.
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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.
What does it mean when the Electoral College rubber stamps the popular vote?
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
How many times has the winner of the electoral vote not won the popular vote?
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. )
What does is mean to have a popular vote?
The popular vote is when the people vote for the president. in actuallity the people don't elect the president. the electorial college do. they win states with the popular vote then the delegates from those states vote for the candidate their state chooses.
Does the president need a majority of the electoral votes or the majority of the popular vote to win?
majority on electoral votes
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
Was bush trying to win electoral or popular vote?
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
How have the political parties changed the electoral college?
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
What year was the Electoral College defect of popular vote versus electoral vote illustrated?
2013
What month is the popular vote?
November (The electoral vote is in December.)
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.
What does it mean when the Electoral College rubber stamps the popular vote?
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
Can you win all electoral votes if you have the popular vote?
Yes. You cannot win all electoral votes without having the popular vote.
In the Grant elections which vote got Grant in office the overall popular vote or the electoral college vote?
popular vote
What states assign electoral votes by county?
None, but Maine and Nebraska each bases two electoral votes on the popular vote of the state and each additional electoral vote on the popular vote of each congressional district.
Why vote when the electoral college deterimes the outcome?
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.
Was there a president who won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote?
No, not exactly.The only way a President could lose the electoral vote would be if nobody got a majority and so the House of Representatives chose him over the popular vote winner. This could possibly happen but has not yet happened. Andrew Jackson won a plurality of the popular vote in 1824 but was not made president by the House. He did become a president by winning the electoral vote in 1828.Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote in 1888, He was president because he won the electoral vote in 1884 and again in 1892. He was not elected in 1888.Samuel Tilden in 1876 and Al Gore in 2000 won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote but neither was ever President.
