Electoral Votes?

Question

How do the electoral votes work? How is a state won? Does the majority vote determine the electoral vote or is another system used?

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Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Electoral_College

Answer 2

Each state has a different number of electoral votes(it depends on the population of a state). When a candidate gets more votes in a state than another candidate, the winner takes all of the electoral votes. So if Candidate A gets 55% of the vote and Candidate B gets 45% of the vote, then Candidate A would get ALL of the electoral votes for that state. Once all the states have picked a winner, the one with the most ELECTORAL votes wins(MOST of the time).

After the elections, (I believe it is in December) the electoral college(the people that actually MAKE the elecotral votes) meets. At that time they each vote (ALMOST always) for the person that won their state. They are not required to though. So, it is POSSIBLE that even if someone won the majority of the electoral votes, they could STILL NOT win the election. That to my knowledge has NEVER happened.

Answer 3

To win a state the candidate must get the majority for that state. Each state is worth a certain amount of electoral votes. The candidate with the most Electoral votes wins the election, the nationwide overall majority does not determine the winner, only the amount of electoral votes. This was shown in the 2000 elections by Bush winning, but not having the overall majority.

Answer 4

The population determines how many electoral votes a state is issued. The majority vote of the electoral college determines who wins. For example, John Kerry won the people's vote for president while Bush won the electoral vote.

Answer 5

The electoral vote count is based on the population in a state. Thus, the more people in the state (like California) get more electoral votes. All states get two votes to begin with, and then get more for their population (tiny Rhode Island, for instance only gets three votes). Almost all states are "winner takes all"; that means if more than 50% go for one cannidate he or she gets all of the electoral votes.

Answer 6

Each party has an electoral representative in each state and whichever party wins the popular vote in a state wins the right to have their representative to cast their electoral votes for whichever candidate they choose.

Answer 7

I'm not fully sure about it. Wiki time!

Ok, here's the link about Electoral Votes on the wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Votes

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