The presidential candidate with the most votes wins all the electoral votes of the state (in 48 states). The result is that winning a few large population states (swing states), even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency.
*Maine and Nebraska give one vote to the winner of each of their congressional districts, and the remaining 2 to the overall winner of the state, making them the only non-winner take all states.
There is exactly 538 in the Electoral College System.
Electoral college
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
The electoral college
No. The modern electoral college system originates from the Holy Roman Empire, which from 1376 to 1792 had a college of "Prince-Electors" - powerful and prominent monarchs, nobles or ecclesiastical office holders - who would chose a ruler within one of the Empire's nations to become Holy Roman Emperor. At no stage in its history, past or present, has Greece made use of an electoral college system.
There is exactly 538 in the Electoral College System.
Individuals who support the candidate that lost the Electoral College election generally are against the Electoral College system.
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PRESIDENCY
Electoral Collage... this system established by the Constitution to elect the president.
Electoral college
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Who wins the Presidency
The Electoral college is the Presidential voting system. The electoral college gives each state a certain amount of electoral votes. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of the citizens votes, he will also get the electoral vote.
The Electoral college system