Why do the public vote for electors; why don't they vote directly for the president?
In the electoral college the people of America vote for electers who then vote for the president. There are 538 electors in the electoral college and to win the role as president a candident needs 270 votes. Each state has a different amount votes depending on the population of that state. Every 10 years the amount votes each state has changes. I think that the people should just vote deirectly for president i don't think they should vote for electers who then vote for president because the electers can change their mind.
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02 Oct 2020
Members of the Electoral College who do not vote for the candidate they have "pledged" to vote for (meaning who got the majority in their state) are called "faithless electors". Can you research them to see if this happens often enough to be a problem?
16 Oct 2020
I agree with this post but I don't understand the whole concept
What do you find confusing, vivacious_oboe? I'm sure a member of the BNC community can help...
I don't understand why the electors in the electoral college vote for a different person. For example, if you want to vote for Donald Trump and the electors in the electoral college vote for Joe Biden, why does that happen
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