Who are the Presidential Electors elected by?

Question

All i want to know is ..... "Presidential electors are elected by the....?"

Answer 1

The states select slates of electors every four years. Usually the presidential nominee's campaign for both parties are involved in this selection process. There are actually two slates of electors, one Republican and one Democratic and whichever party wins the election in that particular state, their electors vote in the electoral college gathering, usually in December after the November election.

The Florida 2000 recount situation shed some light on the electors.

Also wikipedia offers a nice summary:

"Presidential Electors are nominated by their state political parties in the summer before the Popular Vote on Election Day. Each state provides its own means for the nomination of Electors.

On election day, voters cast ballots for slates of Presidential Electors pledged to the candidates for president and vice president. In most states, the party that wins the state elects its entire slate of Electors. At the time of the state canvass of the vote, the Secretary of State (or equivalent) signs a special form called the Certificate of Ascertainment which sets forth the people elected to the office of Presidential Elector, along with the number of votes cast for every party's slate of Elector nominees."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_electors#How_states_currently_assign_Electors

Answer 2

voters. The Presidential electors are the Senators and Representatives of each state. California has 52 Electoral Votes. This means it has 2 Senators and 50 Representatives.

Answer 3

Each state decides how to select them. The process varies form state to state.

In 2000 much of the mainstream media failed to cover the fact that the Florida legislature had begun the process of electing Bush irrespective of the selective recount. Gore's Supreme Court case was a waste of time. Regardless of the outcome the legislature would have directed its electors to vote for Bush, which is entirely within their providence.

Answer 4

The voters of the particular state that they represent. If you thought you were voting for Bush in the 2004 election, you were wrong: you were actually voting for his slate of electors.