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Why are some Presidents voted in by electoral votes and not by the PEOPLE from each state that are voting?
Regarding who elects the President and Vice President, the rules have not changed since the signing of the original Constitution in 1788, with the exception that in addition to the states the District of Columbia also appoints electors. Every U. S. President to date has been chosen either by the electoral college, when one person received the votes of more than half of the electors, or by the House of Representatives, when the electoral college failed to select a clear winner.
During the Constitutional Convention, most of the states thought that Congress should pick the President; there were only a few who thought a direct election of the President by the people was the way to go. However, with concerns regarding the independence and freedom of a president elected by Congress, the electoral system was proposed and accepted. Most of the delegates present thought that Congress would end up electing most presidents anyway, figuring that it would be rare that one candidate received the votes of more than half of the electors. But the likelihood of such an occurrence went up considerably by the end of the century with the emergence of the two-party system.
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Who does the electorial voting for Florida?
Whoever the state decides to pick as delegates will do the electoral voting for the state of Florida.
What was the last US state to send electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature?
Antebellum South Carolina had a policy of sending electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature.
What is the US Presidential voting system called?
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.
Who elects the members of the Texas electoral Collage?
The members of the electoral college who are from Texas are elected by the registered voters of Texas, just as every other member of the electoral college is elected by the registered voters of his/her state. The public has never elected a U. S. President. When you think you are voting for president, you are actually voting for the people who will elect the president.
What is is the impact of voting?
In voting for the president, the way the area or state (depending on population and representation in the Electoral College) usually determines how the represenative in the electoral college will vote for the president. But sometimes the rep. will go against what his/her region voted for and just vote how they feel. In which case voting did nothing. In voting for state reps and senate and house reps voting counts if you really get into that sort of thing.
Who eletcs the president of the US?
Contrary to what some people think, a group known as the electoral college is responsible for election. Based on the public voting in their state, the electoral college *should* vote for the person who wins the popular vote.
When do the people vote for the electoral college?
Electoral votes 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 electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. When people vote for a presidential candidate they actually are voting for the electors in that state who have sworn in advance that they will vote for that candidate in the electoral college.
Can a state elector vote with an electoral vote and as a citizen?
Yes - he would essentially be voting for himself as elector.
What body of people equals the number of Representatives and senators from that State?
The Electoral College is equal to the number of representatives and senators from each state. These men and women are sent by their parties to represent their states in voting for the president.
When do the people vote When do the electors vote?
Electoral votes 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 electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. When people vote for a presidential candidate they actually are voting for the electors in that state who have sworn in advance that they will vote for that candidate in the electoral college.
Purpose of the Electoral College in Presidential Elections?
The purpose of the Electoral College is to vote for the president.
What is he electoral college?
The Electoral college is a group of people which formally elects the president of the United States after the public election. The electoral college has 538 members , called electors, and each electors casts one electoral vote. They do not meet as a body but the electors from each state meet in the state capital to cast their votes some time in med-December after the election.
