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In the U.S. presidential election of 1789,...
- in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Maryland, every elector was chosen by statewide popular vote.
- Delaware and Virginia were divided into a number of electoral districts equal to the number of electors, and each district elected one elector by popular vote.
- in each congressional district in Massachusetts, the voters voted for their choices of electors, then the state legislature chose one from the top two from each district's election. Since there are always two more electors than congressional districts, the state legislature appointed the other two electors by themselves.
- in Connecticut, New Jersey, South Carolina and Georgia, the state legislatures chose every elector. New York tried also to use this method, but because they could not come to a consensus New York ended up appointing no electors.
- only the states that had ratified the new Constitution were allowed to appoint electors. Rhode Island and North Carolina had not yet done so at that time.
What else can I help you with?
How many electors does Utah have in the electoral college?
First off.. it's *electoral The answer being five, as of 2012.
When were presidents elected by both popular citizen vote and the electoral college?
Presidents were never elected by popular vote. They have always be elected by the electors from each state who cast their electoral votes. What has changed is the way that the electors are selected. Nowadays they are chosen by popular vote, but at first the state legislatures would choose them.
In the united the presidents are elected by?
During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
Which candidate won the electoral college?
The Electoral college vote will be the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, when the electors of the Electoral College meet in their state capitals and cast their votes. The delay is because in times past, it took awhile to count all of the votes from outlying areas of the country.
In France voters go the polls to elect the president whereas in America voter go to the polls to elect the electoral college According to you what do the electors of the electoral college do?
First off, the general public do not elect the voters in the electoral college. Those chosen to cast a vote as an elector are appointed to this position. After the popular vote in each state has been tallied, the electors of that state, (however many there are) cast all of their state's electoral votes for the candidate their state chose. However, this system was designed to prevent the popular vote from making a bad choice for President. Because of this, the electors in the Electoral College have the ability to change their vote and give it to the other candidate. The number of votes given to each state is based on that state's population. That is why, for example, California has more than fifty electoral votes while some states have only two or three.
When is the president really chosen?
The electoral college meets on the Monday following the second Wednesday of December. They cast their votes then, and those votes are sent to the President of the Senate who reads them before both houses of Congress on January 6th.
When does the electoral college get together and elect the president?
The entire electoral college does not meet together in one place. Electors meet in their respective state capitals (electors for the District of Columbia meet within the District) on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December, at which time they cast their electoral votes on separate ballots for president and vice-president. Each state then forwards the election results to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Archivist of the United States, the state's Secretary of State, and the chief judge of the United States district court where those electors met. A joint session of Congress takes place on January 6 in the calendar year immediately following the meetings of the presidential electors. The electoral votes are officially tabulated at the joint session of Congress and the winner of the election is officially declared.
What month do you vote for president?
The 538 electors are chosen based on each state's popular vote on the day after the first Monday of November. Those electors then cast their votes for U. S. president and vice president on the Monday after the second Wednesday of December.November. It occurs on the first Tuesday after the first Monday (I.e. can't be the first day of the month).
In the US who is elected indirectly through the electoral college?
The electoral college elects the President and the Vice President. The members of the electoral college are called electors and each elector casts one electoral vote for president and one vote for vice-president. There are 538 electors. Each state gets a number of electors equal to the total number of senators and representatives it has. Washington D.C. gets three even though it is not a state.Each political party chooses the people it wants to serve as electors if it wins that state. On election day, although the names of the presidential candidates appear on the ballots, people are actually voting to choose electors who are pledged to vote for that candidate.In December, after the popular election, the electors meet in their respective state capitals and cast their ballots for president and vice president. Theoretically, except in a few states, they can actually vote for anybody they want to but of course in practice they almost always vote for whomever they were pledged to support. The person who gets a majority (over half) of the electoral votes becomes president. If no one gets a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three vote-getters.
What day is the president day on?
Election day is the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, where electors are chosen. Electors vote for the President and VP on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December.
Which candidates were tied after the first Electoral College vote in the election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr ended up tied for first with 73 electoral votes each, but it was not the first electoral college vote.
What does a electoral vote mean?
Very confusing. Let me try to explain. Things are different now than when the US was first formed and the first presidents were elected. Back then, the man with highest votes became the President and the man with second highest was the Vice President. Now when someone votes for President they are not actually voting for the candidate. But they are selecting a group who will attend the Electoral College and cast a vote for the candidate. Each state is allowed a specify number of represenatives for the Electoral College based upon population and they must vote for the candidate. The Electoral College meets later to officially cast the vote for President but it should reflect the poll results. Who knows why they do it this way.
