Do the people* or the electorial college truly represent the passage into the office of the president by the?

Question

most popular electorial candidate?
*including voting us citizens who are legal immigrants

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand your question. But this is how the president is elected:

The president is elected by the electoral college. The members of the electoral college are elected in each state by the people. It is an all-or-nothing vote, which means that the candidate with a majority of votes in a given state receives ALL of the electoral college votes in that state (there are exceptions like Maine, and soon, maybe, Colorado, where they plan on splitting the electoral college vote of the state).

So no, the president of the United States is not elected directly by the people. That is why George W. Bush won in 2000, even though his opponent Al Gore received about 1/2 million more votes total around the country.

That's the constitution (we're officially a republic, not a democracy).

Answer 2

The Electoral College is required because we cannot have a national election in the U. S. of A. It simply isn't provisioned for in the constitution. Only states and lower can have elections.

The EC Is just a constitutional work-around. The people in the states elect the EC Rep who then "decide" who will be president. I don't know if this is the best way to appoint a national president but is is much easier than trying to tally 100% of the national vote. We can't even get 100% of the state votes (although we do occasionally get 110% ;-) ).

Answer 3

Why does this question come up every day? The electoral college is necessary. In the original states, those with large populations like Virginia could have elected their own leaders to the presidency, almost without another vote from another state. So, the electoral college made the votes from each state count.

Nowadays, a candidate could carry New York and California and win the popular vote. The electoral college gives meaning to the votes of people from Iowa, Montana and Alaska.

Answer 4

The electoral college is the official vote, if that is what you mean, and the popular vote currently 'influences' it. It is complicated. There was a concern that any one state not have overriding power over the others. Remember that this started as 13 distinct colonies, each with their own laws and ideas of government.

Answer 5

Legal aliens or legal immigrants who are not citizens cannot legally vote. Only citizens can legally vote.

But the electoral college elects the president. That's the way the Constitution is written.

The problem isn't with the electoral college itself -- it's with the way most states (48 of them) allocate electoral votes "all or nothing" to one candidate.

Answer 6

the electoral college is meant to level the field. most of the populations of both coast are decidedly liberal and middle America would have no choice if not for the electoral college of each state being representational of it's constituents..

"In order to appreciate the reasons for the Electoral College, it is essential to understand its historical context and the problem that theFounding Fathers were trying to solve. They faced the difficult question ofhow to elect a president in a nation."

Answer 7

Yes, do you really want to have California and New York deciding who the president is going to be

Answer 8

The electoral college does the trick -- USUALLY it
reflects the popular vote.

Answer 9

the ec this presient was elected without support