Ok. so i know there are popular votes and electoral votes. but is it that the people vote for their electors and then the electors vote for the president?? someone please explain the process to me!!
2006-10-22 10:50:21 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
when the electors are appointed, they vote for the President. But can one vote against their party for the other candidate? For example, if a state has 8 electors, and 7 vote for Candidate A, while one votes for Candidate B, does Candidate A get only 7 votes while Candidate B gets one, or is it that Candidate A gets all 8 because a majority of electors voted for him?
2006-10-22 11:05:13 · update #1
Election of President of the United States and Vice President of the United States is indirect. Presidential Electors are chosen by the popular vote every four years on Election Day. Although ballots list the names of the presidential candidates, voters within the 50 states and the District of Columbia are actually choosing Electors when they vote for President and Vice President. Presidential Electors are nominated by their state political parties in the summer before the Popular Vote on Election Day.
2006-10-22 10:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by GMoney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats how the system works in theory. In practice electors pledge to vote for certain Presidential candidates, and state laws give all of the electoral votes in 48 states and the district of Columbia to the candidate who recieves the most popular votes within the state, so Americans really vote for which candidate they want their states electoral votes to go to. In most states the names of the electors arent listed on the ballot, just John Kerry or George W Bush.
Electors can technically vote for whomever they want. However they become electors by being strong supporters of one political party or the other, and so the vast majority of them vote for the candidate theyve pledged to vote for. If they decide not to vote for that candidate, then the candidate simply doesnt get that electoral vote. For example in the last election one Kerry elector in Minnesota accidentally voted for John Edwards, the vice presidential candidate by mistake. As a result, Edwards came in third in the Presidential election.
2006-10-22 11:09:06 · answer #2 · answered by Adam J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In each state, you don't technically vote for the president, but for the electors that in turn vote for the president. Each state has a number of electors that match that state's total electoral vote totals. The number of electors each state has is based on population, so the bigger states (Texas, California, New York, etc) will have more electoral votes in play than smaller states, however the founding fathers made sure that the ratio of populous states to non-populous states are such that you have to win more than Texas, California and New York to win the presidency.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-22 10:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by FirstbaseTN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electors can vote for another candidate but it never happens, well its happened in the last two elections but this is hightly unusual.
2006-10-22 11:38:04 · answer #4 · answered by asmith1022_2006 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't even bother voting, because THIS secret and evil group has been in control of everything for far too long!...
http://www.rense.com/general58/suspre.htm
2006-10-24 06:44:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoever has the most money and the best lawyers to be able to cheat the system wins.
As simple as that
2006-10-22 10:53:11 · answer #6 · answered by rosbif 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It gets politicians who have access to lots of money not necessarily brains!
2006-10-22 10:53:21 · answer #7 · answered by Old Guy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋