If no one candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the top three using a special election procedure in which each state delegation gets one vote. The procedure is the same whether there is a 269-269 tie between two candidate or if the votes are split among several candidates.
The election then goes to the House of Representatives for selection of the President. Each state's delegation in the House gets one vote. The Senate chooses the vice president. Each senator gets one vote. An electoral-vote tie has happened once in American history in 1800. The tie was between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. The House selected Thomas Jefferson by a vote of 10-4.
Electoral voting is when after the popular vote, which is tallied up and made public in November 6th , the electoral college begins to decide whether or they vote to be republican or democratic. it is a very long process and the results are announced in december.
U.S. Presidential candidates campaign to the American people, then the electoral college is appointed based on the popular vote in each state.
Zero, but in 2004, one Minnesota Electoral vote was cast for John Edwards. This is somewhat unusual since the Electoral college has pledged to vote for the winner in each state. In general terms, an Electoral voter would have to "defect" in order to vote for an independent. See link below for the 2000 Election results.
No, actually they don't. During a presidential election, citizens vote for a member of a electoral college to cast their vote for them. States are given a number of votes based on the population of the state. For each vote a state has, a member of the electoral college is assigned to reflect the results of the people's vote. The scary thing is, the member of the electoral college does not necessarily have to vote in the light of the people. This system was put in place to prevent the people from voting in a dangerous tyrant into office! Although, in all of U.S. history, this has not happened...yet...
It Means that the Electoral College approves the vote
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the electoral college.
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.
He won the Electoral College vote.
As of September 2012, the last president to win the electoral college vote is Barack Obama.2008 U. S. Presidential / Vice Presidential Election Results:365 votes: Barack Obama / Joe Biden173 votes: John McCain / Sarah Palin
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The popular vote drives the electoral college's vote. In the US, 270 electoral votes are required for a presidential win. See link:
Yes, you are right - that is what happens.
The popular vote drives the electoral college's vote. In the US, 270 electoral votes are required for a presidential win. See link: