The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 13 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Therefore, North Carolina has 15 electoral votes.
many rich planters,lawyers,and business owners
yes.
The overall population determines how many electoral vote each states has.
Ohio
the popular vote is by everybody. the electoral vote is by electoral colleges, which not everyone is in
North Carolina
Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860 with 39 percent of the vote. That was not uncommon in those days when several parties ran candidates in the national elections. Bill Clinton won the election of 1992 with 39 percent of the vote.
Alternative Vote electoral system
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.
There were a total of 20 electoral votes from four states that were in dispute in the 1876 presidential election - Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina and Oregon.
During the Presidential ellections.
The states choose as many "electors" as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. 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 vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.