Electoral College In Us Election

Joe biden s us election victory was set for formal confirmation monday by the electoral college further closing the door on angry efforts by president donald trump to overturn the 2020 vote.

Electoral college in us election. To win a presidential election a candidate must secure 270 electoral votes with each state allotted votes largely based on population. The electoral college is a compromise solution dating back to the origins of the country when there was considerable concern that urban centres would dominate elections to the detriment of less. After the electoral college count ends us president elect joe biden is expected to have 306 electoral votes more than the 270 needed to elect a president to 232 votes for president donald trump.

The process for electing the president and vice president is called the electoral college. And it s the ballots they cast after the election that determine who the next u s. Generally states award all.

Each elector represents one electoral vote and a candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes 270 or more to win the presidency. Under a complicated system dating back to the 1780s a candidate becomes us president not by winning a majority of the popular vote but through the electoral college which allots votes to the 50. The electoral college votes will be cast and counted on 14 december which must then be delivered to vice president mike pence in his capacity as senate president by 23 december.

In most states if the electors who are nominated by.