Presidential election in the United States

Introduction

While the president's vote in the Electoral College, where public opinion is still an important reason for this. The number of senators each state has the state (the U.S.) is separated based on the number of electoral votes. Florida 27 for example, California has 55 votes. (Bugh, 18) have a number of the selection process, the first primaries. This is the party's national convention delegates to neither stand for election nor vote for them to determine what is going to get. This person later in November, the decision shall enter into the main election.

Explain why a single to win the popular vote and still not win the U.S. presidential election. Discuss proposals to change the existing system.

The moment during the elections, polls, vote with the general public who wants to be president again, this time they said they would open. Now this is a vote in person, but not entirely possible to win the popular vote to win the election since (just ask Al Gore), does not seem to matter. However, it could not be further from the truth.

After the polls close, count votes and the results are sent to the Electoral College. with the highest percentage of votes a state party and the state declared after the election votes required to win. (Bugh, 18) is given the title of chairman of the Electoral College, then the person with the most votes in the state along the lines of what people decide to vote. Founders of the Electoral College with direct popular voting by the president, there are two main reasons I chose to select. The first reason was their lack of confidence in the judicial people. They may be flat and well-spoken, but well-intentioned individual people were anxious to win their support. They like the Electoral College is a secondary body, will not be susceptible to manipulation hoped that such initiatives. For this reason, the majority of the votes for the Electoral College winner of each state vote for the candidate they "bound" with voters changes almost meaningless.

by the president by popular vote instead of electoral votes in presidential elections for the selection of states to the second reason is to give a voice. The principle of federalism and an important feature of the American political system. Leader of the country, (Gelman, 420) The Framers of the American political system, as institutions sought to preserve the position of the states by placing the selection of states in this important position. Presidential elections, a nationwide popular vote, rather than consider whether the decision by the state-by-state. The importance of states and key, "swing" states that there will be no competition for the support of candidates. Candidates are only national advertising campaigns and large population centers would be inclined to visit.

President of the United States of America based selection process, the U.S. Constitution is the language changes, and 23, 12, 22 has been modified by. Many additional steps, and by a special law by the state, was ...