Us Election History Electoral College

Supreme court ruled that the constitution does not require that people elected to serve in the electoral college be free to vote as they choose.
Us election history electoral college. Historical elections timeline same since history 1964 2016 margin of victory 1972 2016 state voting history presidential image gallery. Site map 2020 countdown clock electoral college quiz electoral college ties split electoral votes me ne poll closing times. The 1876 united states presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election held on tuesday november 7 1876 in which republican nominee rutherford b.
Each state appoints electors according to its legislature equal in number to its congressional delegation senators and representatives. Instead the court held states. December 14 2020 electors vote the electors in each state meet to select the president and vice president of the united states.
Privacy about us site map. November 3 2020 election day the voters in each state choose electors to serve in the electoral college. January 6 2021 congress counts the vote.
Presidential election with the exception below would be the difference between the number of electoral college votes garnered by the candidate with an absolute majority of electoral votes currently 270 of 538 and the number received by the second place candidate currently in the range of 2 to 538 a margin of one vote is only possible. The margin of victory in a u s. In 2020 the u s.
November 3 2020 election day the voters in each state choose electors to serve in the electoral college. While the 2020 presidential election was one of the most politically polarised races in recent history it has shed light on the electoral college process but in many past elections it was. Hayes faced democrat samuel j.
That said the electoral college has actually changed three times each by constitutional amendment. 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.