A report on United States Electoral College
Group of presidential electors required by the Constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of appointing the president and vice president.
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President of the United States
31 linksHead of state and head of government of the United States of America.
Head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
The president is elected indirectly through the Electoral College to a four-year term, along with the vice president.
United States presidential election
28 linksThe election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not directly for those offices, but instead for members of the Electoral College.
Vice President of the United States
27 linksSecond-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
Second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College.
United States House of Representatives
28 linksLower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
Lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber.
The House also has exclusive powers: it initiates all revenue bills, impeaches federal officers, and elects the president if no candidate receives a majority of votes in the Electoral College.
Democratic Party (United States)
33 linksOne of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
One of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
They support reforming the electoral system to eliminate gerrymandering, abolishing the electoral college, as well as passing comprehensive campaign finance reform.
2016 United States presidential election
19 linksThe 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
The 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
Trump received the majority in the Electoral College and won upset victories in the pivotal Rust Belt region, becoming the first and only Republican nominee since 1988 to win Michigan and Pennsylvania, and the first since 1984 to win Wisconsin.
United States Senate
18 linksUpper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber.
Upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber.
If no candidate receives a majority of electors for vice president, the duty falls to the Senate to elect one of the top two recipients of electors for that office.
Constitution of the United States
25 linksSupreme law of the United States of America.
Supreme law of the United States of America.
Foner, Eric, "The Corrupt Bargain" (review of Alexander Keyssar, Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?, Harvard, 2020, 544 pp., ISBN: 978 0 674 66015 1; and Jesse Wegman, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College, St Martin's Press, 2020, 304 pp., ISBN: 978 1 250 22197 1), London Review of Books, vol. 42, no. 10 (21 May 2020), pp. 3, 5–6. Foner concludes (p. 6): "Rooted in distrust of ordinary citizens and, like so many other features of American life, in the institution of slavery, the electoral college is a relic of a past the United States should have abandoned long ago."
U.S. state
15 linksConstituent political entity, of which there are currently 50.
Constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50.
Each state is also entitled to select a number of electors (equal to the total number of representatives and senators from that state) to vote in the Electoral College, the body that directly elects the president of the United States.
2000 United States presidential election
15 linksThe 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000.
The 54th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000.
On election night, it was unclear who had won, with the electoral votes of the state of Florida still undecided.