Electoral College Of President Of Usa

The electoral college was never intended to be the perfect system for picking the president says george edwards iii emeritus political science professor at texas a m university.

Electoral college of president of usa. 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. The united states electoral college is the group of presidential electors required by the constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president. Joe biden has won the 2020 election with a current total of 279 electoral votes surpassing the 270 necessary to take the presidency.

The electoral college is the group of people that elect the united states president and vice president. All 50 states and the district of columbia are allowed electoral votes based on their population. George petras and janet loehrke usa today though americans choose most of their elected officials by popular vote the selection of a u s.

So technically americans cast votes for electors not the presidential candidates themselves. That means a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. In the us election americans vote for candidates called.

President is not as direct. Each elector represents one vote in the electoral college. Each state appoints electors according to its legislature equal in number to its congressional delegation senators and representatives.

Generally states award all. The presidency is decided by. Role of the electoral college on monday the 538 electors will meet in their respective state capitals to take part in the electoral college process set out in the constitution.

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.