Eligible voters do not include those who are too young to vote, noncitizens and, in some states, prisoners or former prisoners. But it is voter turnout that primarily explains the low vote weights in states with seven or more electoral votes.
In fact, the state-to-state difference in voter turnout was the most important factor in determining the variation of vote weights in midsized and large states in the presidential election. It is hardly surprising that higher turnout within a state decreases the weight accorded to each ballot, because the fixed number of electoral votes for any given state must be shared among the total number of ballots cast.
But it does seem remarkable that the link between turnout and weight is so much stronger than the link between the number of electoral votes and weight. For example, consider the difference between Oklahoma and Oregon. Both states have seven electoral votes, but their weights, 1. That gave Oklahomans a greater weight per vote in the Electoral College than their fellow citizens in Oregon.
In another example, South Carolina saw a relatively low Both states have nine electoral votes. But, as a consequence of voter turnout, ballots in South Carolina received a weight of 1.
As a final example, consider the pair of states with 29 electoral votes each: New York and Florida. My analysis does not completely capture the many ways in which the Electoral College modifies the influence attached to individual votes.
For example, it does not take into account our winner-take-all system, where all of the electoral votes from each state are awarded to whoever wins the majority of the popular vote. The congressional district method used in Maine and Nebraska has the same effect, just aggregated into smaller units.
After each house votes on whether to accept the objection, the Joint Session reconvenes and both chambers disclose their decisions. If both chambers agree to the objection, the electoral votes in question are not counted. If either chamber opposes the objection, the votes are counted. Originally, the Electoral College provided the Constitutional Convention with a compromise between two main proposals: the popular election of the President and the election of the President by Congress.
There have been other attempts to change the system, particularly after cases in which a candidate wins the popular vote, but loses in the Electoral College. The closest Congress has come to amending the Electoral College since was during the 91st Congress — when the House passed H. The resolution cleared the House to 70, but failed to pass the Senate. The election of the President goes to the House of Representatives. Each state delegation casts a single vote for one of the top three contenders from the initial election to determine a winner.
House of Representatives About this object This pass for the Electoral College's vote count was used again the same day for the President's annual message. Featured Search Historical Highlights of the House. Learn about Foreign Leader Addresses. Featured Search the People of the House. Majority Leaders. In nearly every state, the candidate who gets the most votes wins the "electoral votes" for that state, and gets that number of voters or "electors" in the "Electoral College. Second, the "electors" from each of the 50 states gather in December and they vote for president.
The person who receives a majority of votes from the "Electoral College" becomes President. How exactly does this work? Under the "Electoral College" system, each state is assigned a certain number of "votes".
There are a total of electoral votes, and the number of votes each state receives is proportional to its size the bigger the state's population the more "votes" it gets. The formula for determining the number of votes for each state is simple: each state gets two votes for its two US Senators, and then one more additional vote for each member it has in the House of Representatives. For California, this means we get 55 votes 2 senators and 53 members of the House of Representatives the most of any state.
Each party determines its own method for selecting electors. In the Democratic Party, each congressional nominee and each US Senate nominee determined by the last two elections designates one elector. Elections Code section In the Republican Party, the nominees for Governor, Lt.
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