Election Usa Electoral College

The electoral college is the group of people that elect the united states president and vice president.

Election usa electoral college. 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. When the public head to the polls they aren t actually voting directly for the presidential. 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.

All 50 states and the district of columbia are allowed electoral votes based on their population. Each elector represents one electoral vote and a candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes 270 or more to win the presidency. Each state appoints electors according to its legislature equal in number to its congressional delegation senators and representatives.

So technically americans cast votes for electors not the presidential candidates themselves. Each elector represents one vote in the electoral college.