The president of the United States is elected by the electoral college. What type of system is this?
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"An electoral college is a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect someone to a particular office. Often these electors represent a different organization or entity with each organization or entity represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way. Many times, though, the electors are simply important persons whose wisdom, it is hoped, would provide a better choice than a larger body."
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The electoral college is a certification of the recorded vote only. No power.
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Yes, they can. However, as the President is elected by electoral votes (which are determined by a state's population), all of the people residing there actually only get one vote. How's that for fair?
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The Electoral College comprising of all elected members of all the Assemblys of All states, meaning, MLAs, MLCs,MPs (both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha) vote for election of President of India.\n\nGovernor of State is appointed by the President upon the advice of Cabinet of Central Ministers, headed by Prime Minister.
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Do you mean registering to vote?   Electoral Votes are established for each state, not based on registration. I believe.
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it is by the number of electoral college votes.  these are based on the populations of the states the larger the state the larger the number (ie cali and florida are big montana is low) it is not by majority vote or popular vote as some call it.
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The electoral college works by giving each state a certain number of votes for president.  Big states like California and New York have more votes than states with fewer people, like Iowa and Montana.\n\nYou need to look at the numbers of votes each state has.  Then look at which states Bush and Kerry won.  When you add up the votes from the different states, Bush had more total votes than Kerry.\n\nTo answer your questions, you need to figure out three different combinations of states that would have still made Bush won, and three different combinations of states that would have made Kerry win.
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Delegates are elected.\nthe election process is determined by State and local law.
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No, it is not determined by the people.  Since the electoral college excludes candidates who do not win pluralities in any individual states from its total, a candidate can win the electoral college without winning a majority of the popular vote of the nation. \n\nThis has happened 16 times since the founding of the electoral college, most recently in 2000. In every one of these elections, more than half of the voters voted against the candidate who was elected.
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The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states.\nThe first reason that the founders created the Electoral College is hard to understand today. The founding fathers were afraid of direct election to the Presidency. They feared a tyrant could manipulate public opinion and come to power.
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Senators and members of the House of Representatives are chosen by popular vote...senators are elected "at-large" meaing they have no district except for the state from which they are elected\n\nmembers of the House of representatives are apportioned among the states on the basis of population, with representatives being selected from the district in which they live\n\nthe president, however, is chosen by electoral process. while voters mark their ballot for "john kerry" or "george w bush" they are actually selecting electors who will vote for the candidate who receives more votes. the number of electors a state is given is equal to the sum of the state's representatives plus 2 (for the senators)
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Mark D has it right.\n\nThe only other point is that some states determine that the electoral college votes need to go to the person who gets the popular vote en total while others have it doled out in percentages.\nIn other words, assuming the candidates are running at 60% to 40% and there are 10 electoral votes available:\nin some states, the candidate with the 60% will get all 10 votes.\nin other states, the candidate with 60% of the vote will get 6 votes and the other will get 4 votes...\nstill in a few others, it is not based upon popular vote, and the electors get to give the votes where they would like to (with certain restrictions).\n\nSo, for most states, the popular vote DOES count, but mainly by state, not necessarily the complete number of all votes in the entire country.  That is what happened to Bush & Gore and also happened to Harry Truman (the early edition papers actually announced his opponent the winner...).\n\nThose people who say their votes don't count are using it as a scapegoat for their own laziness.  There are plenty of non presidential elections on the same ballot that do NOT have electoral colleges - Senators, representatives governors any state initiative all the way down to their city government.
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A. THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES\n\n\nITS IS CALLED\nMajority ? Plurality\n      A candidate must receive a majority of votes (over 50%) to become President. If no one has a majority, the person with the most votes has a plurality, but is not President.\n\n\n      The constitution includes a clause that guides the selection process in the event of a plurality. Article II, Section I states that "If the Electoral College does not give any candidate the necessary majority, the House of Representatives chooses the President from among the top three candidates in electoral votes. \n\n\nIn such a situation the House votes by states, with each state having one vote. To be elected president, a candidate must receive the votes from a majority of the states."\n\n\n      This clause has been used twice in the history of the United States. In 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for the presidency with 69 electoral votes each. After 36 ballots, Thomas Jefferson was elected the president of the United States. In 1824, Andrew Jackson led in electoral votes, but he did not have a majority. The House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as President after Henry Clay gave Adams his support.\n\n\nHOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD
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Nationwide, there were hundreds of elections.\n\nThere is no electoral college for congressional seats.\n\nIf the candidate won, they got the majority popular vote.
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By way of Electorial Process that was established in our constitution in article two. That is the way we have always voted for a president except during the formation years of our government when we had one year presidents. George Bush won the electorial vote and thats the way it was. The Democrats demanded a recount and the Supreme Court ruled the the recount was final. Its that simple and documented so go read it.
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They are actually voting for electors in the electoral college. In most tates, the electors are required to cast a vote for whatever candidate won the popular vote in that state.
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If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the 3 Presidential candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each State delegation has one vote. The Senate would elect the Vice President from the 2 Vice Presidential candidates with the most electoral votes. Each Senator would cast one vote for Vice President. If the House of Representatives fails to elect a President by Inauguration Day, the Vice-President Elect serves as acting President until the deadlock is resolved in the House.