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What did the electoral college do?
The electoral college elects the president of the united states. Each state has electoral votes according to their population.
Where are votes cast by the electoral college sent?
The votes of the electoral college are officially counted by the Congress. Each state also counts their own ballots.
Who actually casts the electoral votes for each state?
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.
What was Obama's and McCain's electoral college votes for each?
Obama 365 votes, McCain173 votes.
How many electoral college electors should each state have?
The number of electoral votes are based on the population, so each state 'should' have as many electoral votes as needed by their population, with minimum of three. For instance, California is the most populated state and has the most electoral votes, currently at 55. Wyoming and a number of other states are not as populated and have the least electoral votes, currently at 3.
Did each state get the same number of votes in the electoral college?
No
What are citizens Electoral College votes based on?
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. 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. 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
How many electors are allowed in each state in the presidential election process?
Votes in the Electoral College are proportional to the states' populations.
Why does Arizona have electoral college?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. 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 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. Therefore, Arizona has 11 electoral votes.
What states share electoral votes?
No states share electoral votes. Each state has at least 3 or more.
How can a candidate win the popular vote but lose the election?
A candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election if they receive more votes from the general public but fewer electoral votes from the Electoral College. The Electoral College system in the United States determines the winner of the presidential election based on the number of electoral votes each candidate receives, rather than the total number of popular votes nationwide.
What was the Executive Branch Electoral college about?
the executive branch electoral college is about how we don't get to vote we actually vote for the members of the electoral college that the with the help of our votes they can decide on a president for this country.
