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The electoral college from each state. Each states gets the same amount of votes as how many representatives they have and senators they have. California, for example, has 53 representatives and so it gets 55 electoral votes with its two senators. the people voting is a winner take-all system. When the people's votes are tallied the state gives all its electoral votes to the candidate the people choose. So if the majority of the people in California vote democrat then the democratic party gets 55 electoral votes. Whichever candidate gets at least one more than half the total electoral votes possible becomes president.
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In practice, the electoral vote is so much a formality today that the networks predict the winner based solely on popular vote returns. However, technically, states are allowed to select their electors by any means they deem proper, and electors are allowed to vote however they like. It's just that by tradition, electors pledge ahead of time to vote for a particular candidate, and the state selects them based on those pledges in accordance with the popular vote.
This hasn't always been the case: South Carolina, for example, allowed its state legislators to choose the electors until 1860. The last time "legislative choice" was actually used was in Colorado in 1876 (there was no time or money to hold a general election for President, since the state had only very recently been admitted), though Florida threatened to do so in 2000 (the recounts were still going on as the deadline for appointing electors approached, and the legislature considered legislative choice to be better than having Florida's votes not count in the election at all due to missing the deadline).
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If no president receives a majority of the electoral vote who decides will become president?
House of Representatives makes the decision.
Do the people really vote for president?
No, the vote for president is called the popular vote and that does not count. When you cast your vote for president, you are actually voting for the electors to vote for the president.
Do people really vote for the president If not then who really votes for the president?
The people actually vote to the electoral college. They are the real people who elect the president. However, they take in great consideration the popular vote. For example, just because over 70% of them want a president It doesn't necessarily mean they will elect him/her. They will use the people's votes too.
What happens if the number of electoral votes are not reached?
The required number is more than half of the total. If no candidate gets this required majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the top three candidates using a special procedure in which each state gets one vote.
Who chosses the president of the United States?
The Electoral College elects the president. Technically the citizens elects "electorates" who then cast the votes from their states for president. WE ARE NOT A DEMOCRACY, we are a REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC. Basic governmental education.
