2007-02-28 14:36:09 · 5 answers · asked by Right here Right now 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
No.
Presidential candidates are selected by each national committee, the Democrat National Committee (DNC) or the Republican National Committee (GOP, which stands for Grand Old Party). The candidate needs a certain number of votes from delegates selected to represent their states' parties' committees. I don't what the number is. Not long ago, top runners would be selected by influential members of the party and put up for nomination at the conventions. Delegates would then be polled to see who would get each state's number of votes. Once a candidate made that number, he was the candidate.
It still happens that way, but now with state primaries and caucuses (I'm not sure what a "caucus" is.), state committees agree to give their national committee votes at the convention to the person who won those elections.
2007-02-28 14:46:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only in the case of a tie. Then the House of Representatives selects the President. President #6 John Quincy Adams was selected by the House of Representatives. Generally voters vote for a person called an elector, a member of the electoral college appointed by the parties in each state. Each elector is pledged to vote for one of the candidates. Most states require the electors to vote for the one who wins most in their state but not all states have a winner take all plan for electors. They must, howver vote for the candidate they are pledged to and later can change if there is no clear winner in their state. Those electors meet in December, after the November vote tally has been made and they vote for the President. This method was put into the Constitution to appease the small states who felt they would have less say in a direct election. A large state like California has 54 electoral votes where a sparcely populated state like Alaska only has 3 the minimum. The number of electors corresponds to the total number of both House and Senate members from the state. Enough small states can out vote a big state. So that is how one candidate can get the most actual votes and lose the election because the electoral vote was higher for the other guy.
2007-02-28 22:47:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wtf do they try to teach you in public school? Isn't this 1st grade civics? Public schools are money pits. SCHOOL CHOICE FOR ALL!
Answer: Congress has nothing to do with it. All political parties choose their own candidates through a system called primaries. During the primary election, all members of a party can vote to choose who will be their standard-bearer for that election.
After that, all the candidates square off in what's called the general election. Now-days, the winner will be either a Republican or Democrat, as minor parties have very little chance of winning.
Congress may choose the *winner* (which is different than the candidates...there are many candidates, only one winner) if there is a tie in the electoral vote. The electoral vote is different than the popular vote and is an entirely different subject.
2007-03-01 00:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by Seth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, otherwise either Democrats or Republiocans would always be president because they hate each other and would never select and vote each other in.
2007-02-28 23:17:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but sometimes the president is selected by the US Supreme Court.
2007-02-28 22:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by jhartmann21 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋