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  1. 2 days ago · In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president. The process is described in Article II of the U.S. Constitution. [1] Each state appoints electors using legal procedures determined by its legislature, equal in ...

  2. May 21, 2024 · electoral votes 1. popular votes 2. popular percentage 3. 1 In elections from 1789 to 1804, each elector voted for two individuals without indicating which was to be president and which was to be vice president. 2 In early elections, electors were chosen by legislatures, not by popular vote, in many states.

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  3. 4 days ago · Electoral College votes are cast by individual states by a group of electors; each elector casts one electoral college vote. Until the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution of 1961, citizens from the District of Columbia did not have representation and/or electors in the electoral college.

  4. 2 days ago · The United States instead uses indirect elections for its president through the Electoral College, and the system is highly decentralized like other elections in the United States. The Electoral College and its procedure are established in the U.S. Constitution by Article II, Section 1, Clauses 2 and 4; and the Twelfth Amendment (which replaced ...

  5. May 30, 2024 · United States presidential election of 2020 was an election held during the global coronavirus pandemic, in which Democrat Joe Biden, formerly the 47th U.S. vice president, defeated the incumbent president, Republican Donald Trump, to become the 46th U.S. president. Biden won the Electoral College vote 306 to 232.

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  6. May 24, 2024 · Each scenario hinges on the votes of a handful of states whose outcome was decided by a margin of 5% or less of their popular vote in the previous two elections. Electoral College tie scenario #1. Map generated by author, using the Presidential Election Interactive Map tool at 270toWin. Electoral College tie scenario #2.

  7. May 22, 2024 · California has the most electors (55), while a handful of sparsely populated states like Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota (and Washington DC) have the minimum of three. There are 538 electors in total. Each elector represents one electoral vote, and a candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes - 270 or more - to win the presidency.

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