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  1. 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. The United States has been the only democracy in the 21st century that still uses an electoral college to select its executive president. The other democracies that used an electoral college for these elections switched to direct elections in the 19th or 20th century.

  3. The United States Electoral College is a name used to describe the official 538 [1] Presidential electors who come together every four years during the presidential election to give their official votes for President and Vice President of the United States. The number of electors each state has is determined by the number of representatives a ...

  4. Jul 6, 2023 · The President-elect takes the oath of office and is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th in the year following the general election. The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress ...

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  6. 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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  7. The count of the Electoral College ballots during a joint session of the 117th United States Congress, pursuant to the Electoral Count Act, on January 6–7, 2021, was the final step to confirm President-elect Joe Biden 's victory in the 2020 presidential election over President Donald Trump . The event drew unprecedented attention because of ...

  8. Mar 14, 2024 · 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 president and vice president are not ...

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