1. 

   Todays choices tomorrows world
   April 18th, 2010 - 14:49

   It works poorly. When you can elect a President without having the popular vote be represented then it is not “Of and by the People”.

   It needs to be redone.
2. 

   Boss H
   April 18th, 2010 - 15:26

   A state is divided into districts. within each district people vote for electors taht they are confident will cast their vote for the person they want elected to the executive office.Technically speaking, electors are free to vote any way they want.
3. 

   dancingxinxthexrainx103
   April 18th, 2010 - 16:07

   well depending on the population of the state you have a certain amount of electoral colleges, for example california has 55 and texas has 34. if california voted mostly democratic (which they usually do) then the democratic candidate would recieve 55 electoral college votes. if texas voted mostly republican, then the republican nominee would receive all 34 electoral college votes. your vote definately counts so please go out and vote!!!
4. 

   castaspella0183
   April 18th, 2010 - 16:48

   Each state has a number of delegates. The popular vote of the population of each state is who the delegates vote for. This was designed so that hopefuls wouldn’t just focus on heavy populated area. Example if the popular was Obama in Wisconsin the delegates that represent Wisconsin in the electoral college would vote Obama.
5. 

   David H
   April 18th, 2010 - 17:14

   Each state is a separate election. When a given candidate wins in the state, all of the states electoral votes go to the winner. So the people do influence the outcome, but it is possible for a candidate to win the popular vote and lose the electoral vote. Maine and one other state(Nebraska?) do not follow this system they split their electoral votes according to the proportion of voters who voted for each candidate.
6. 

   I
   April 18th, 2010 - 17:48

   The Electoral College is a system that is used in preliminary voting stages. For example, choosing the Democratic/Republican Presidential Candidate. So, the Electoral College decides if Hillary or Obama goes up against McCain. How does this voting work? The Electoral College does vote for states. If California has 55 Democratic Electoral votes, then you add that to Ohio’s 24 Democratic Electoral votes, and so on. Okay, part two. The Electoral College, basically takes the votes, and counts them. If the vote is 50 Hillary and 51 Obama, then it automatically becomes Hillary 0, Obama 101. Don’t ask my why. One more vote will definitely influence who becomes President or not. Simply put, the Electoral College is a solid way of determining who “plays in the final round”. There are no second tries.
7. 

   CrJarvis
   April 18th, 2010 - 18:23

   The Electoral College is a method of indirect popular election of the President of the United States. The authors of the Constitution put this system in place so that careful and calm deliberation would lead to the selection of the best-qualified candidate. Voters in each state actually cast a vote for a block of electors who are pledged to vote for a particular candidate. These electors, in turn, vote for the presidential candidate. The number of electors for each state equals its Congressional representation.
   After Election Day, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, these electors assemble in their state capitals, cast their ballots, and officially select the next President of the United States. Legally, the electors may vote for someone other than the candidate for whom they were pledged to vote. This phenomenon is known as the “unfaithful” or “faithless” elector. Generally, this does not happen. Therefore, the candidate who receives the most votes in a state at the general election will be the candidate for whom the electors later cast their votes. The candidate who wins in a state is awarded all of that state’s Electoral College votes. Maine and Nebraska are exceptions to this winner-take-all rule.

   The votes of the electors are then sent to Congress where the President of the Senate opens the certificates, and counts the votes. This takes place on January 6, unless that date falls on a Sunday. In that case, the votes are counted on the next day. An absolute majority is necessary to prevail in the presidential and the vice presidential elections, that is, half the total plus one electoral votes are required. With 538 Electors, a candidate must receive at least 270 votes to be elected to the office of President or Vice President.
8. 

   larry
   April 18th, 2010 - 18:55

   In California it won’t work at all this year. The sizable number of GOP Electoral votes will ALL be given to Obama. How is this not election fraud at best, and outright theft at worst?

   The repair will be simple, but still hijackable through fraudulent manipulation of district boundaries. Assuming there will be a minimum of that, simply making it Federal Law that “each district has one committed electoral vote”, no human carrier of it being necessary or permitted, is obvious and as fair as it is reasonably possible to make it.
9. 

   John H
   April 18th, 2010 - 19:40

   The electoral system is a compromise that was reached by the states early in our country’s history .

   Representatives of smaller state wanted each state to have a vote for president while the larger states wanted each person to have a vote.

   If the US president was elected by popular vote than they would be basically elected by the the people who lived in heavily populated areas. People from more rural areas would effectively be drowned out by the views and issues of the heavily populated areas.

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