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In the election of 1860 which party won the electoral votes of all the free states except a fraction of the new Jersey votes?
The Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln won all the free states in 1860 , except New Jersey which divided its votes, giving 4 to Lincoln and 3 to Douglas.
Are there secret votes for Romney?
All ballots cast at the 2012 United States presidential election will be secret.
What is the ratio of electoral votes in Texas compared to all the states in the US in the 2008 election?
Texas has 34 of the 538 Electoral Votes in the Electoral College.
Does primary winner get all electoral votes?
The primary elections are used to select the candidate for each party. There are no electoral votes associated with a primary election. Electoral votes are won by the winner in the General Election on Election Day.
To win a winner-takes-all election in the United States, what must a candidate receive?
A majority or plurality of votes.
How are the votes counted for the election of the pope?
All votes in a papal election are counted by hand. There are no voting machines used.
What did many states add to their voting procedures following the 2000 election?
Several states passed laws that would award all of their electoral votes to the candidate nationally getting the most popular votes.
What is the type of presidential primary in which the conventions votes are given to the winner only?
Winner-take-all is the name for such an election. Most of the states use this method in the main election.
What is the type of presidential primary in which the conventions votes are given to winner only?
Winner-take-all is the name for such an election. Most of the states use this method in the main election.
When did the U.S. Start using electorial votes in the election of the president of the U.S.?
The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president. John Adams received 34 electoral votes and was elected vice-president.
Are all states of equal importance under the electoral college system?
No. Not only do electoral votes have an enormous disparity in the number of voters represented, but the awarding of all of a state's votes to one candidate means that votes for other candidates become effectively moot. The "winner take all" system makes the states with more electoral votes more important in the election. 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, even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. A candidate who received 51% of the vote in just 11 large "swing" states could win the Presidency with as little as 25% of the popular vote. (This is, however, unlikely.)
In the election of 1856 James Buchanan received most of the votes where at in the US?
James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election defeating John Freemont. In the 1856 presidential election James Buchanan received 174 electoral votes and John Freemont received 114 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Buchanan 1,836,072 and Freemont 1,342,345. Buchanan won 19 states including all of the southern states. Fremont won 11 northern states.
