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The Electoral College - National Archives
The Electoral College is how we refer to the process by which the United States elects the President, even though that term does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. In this process, the States (which includes the District of Columbia just for this process) elect the President and Vice President.
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What is the Electoral College and how does the U.S. use it ...
The Electoral College is a 538-member body that elects a president. The framers of the Constitution set it up to give more power to the states and as a compromise to avoid having Congress decide the winner.
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Electoral College - USAGov
What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is not a physical place. It is a process which includes the: Selection of electors; Meeting of electors who cast votes for the president and vice president; Counting of the electors’ votes by Congress; In other U.S. elections, candidates are elected directly by popular vote. But the ...
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Electoral College History - National Archives
The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution.
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The Electoral College Explained - The New York Times
The Electoral College Explained. It’s the Electoral College, not the national popular vote, that determines who wins the presidency. Following U.S. election results on a TV in a...
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What to Know About the Electoral College - The New York Times
What to Know About the Electoral College. “This is a very unique and bespoke system that I think nobody would create again today,” one expert said. Electoral College votes being brought to ...
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What is the Electoral College? | National Archives
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two Senators.
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Electoral College | Definition, Map, History, Votes, & Facts ...
The Electoral College is the system by which the president and the vice president of the United States are chosen.
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What is the US electoral college, and how does it work?
The word"college" refers to the group of people who are responsible for casting the state votes, who are known as electors. This system is only used to select the...
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