Tell Your Story: The Electoral College

Learn about the Electoral College, from its conception and place in the constitution to its visibility in our modern presidential elections.

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Partner at Porterfield, Fettig, & Sears LLC

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Porterfield, Fettig & Sears

 

Porterfield, Fettig & Sears helps companies engaged in finance and commerce navigate today’s challenging legislative and regulatory environment and speak with clarity, persuasion and authority on significant and material policy issues.

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Are You Registered to Vote?

 

Learn if you're eligible to vote, how to register, check, or update your information.

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What to Know About Every Inauguration in American History

 

Inauguration Day has also been, over the years, the occasion for plenty else, from weather problems and missing Bibles to do-overs and not a few live animals. There were even some dead ones, too.

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Timeline of the Presidential Election

 

So much of this election feels so entirely off the map — "unprecedented," as it is called in one story after another. So we wondered just how unprecedented it is. A few Nexis searches later, the answer is: very.

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Here’s What Happens If the Electoral College Ties

 

If the candidates tie, aor if no one reached the magic 270, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation gets one vote.

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What the Bush v. Gore studies showed

 

After the grueling 36-day Florida recount battle, Al Gore finally conceded the presidency to George W. Bush on December 13, 2000. But the controversy surrounding this unprecedented election and its aftermath did not end there.

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Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones

 

For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the popular vote.

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All the times in U.S. history that members of the electoral college voted their own way

 

There had been a total of 157 faithless electors until the 2016 presidential election, with that number growing to 164.

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Could electors change their vote?

 

In modern practice, the Electoral College is mostly a formality. Most electors are loyal members of the party that has selected them, and in 26 states, plus Washington, D.C., electors are bound by laws or party pledges to vote in accord with the popular vote. 

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1864 Presidential Election

 

In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president.

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Why 270 Is the Magic Number

 

There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College. Candidates need 270 votes to win the presidency.

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Maine & Nebraska

 

Maine and Nebraska both use an alternative method of distributing their electoral votes, called the Congressional District Method. Currently, these two states are the only two in the union that diverge from the traditional winner-take-all method of electoral vote allocation.

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How the Electoral College Became Winner-Take-All

 

1824 saw the first election in which the majority of states used a statewide winner-take-all voting method for choosing their presidential electors.

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Distribution of Electoral Votes

 

Electoral votes are allocated among the states based on the Census. Every state is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its members in the U. S. House of Representatives.

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Selecting Electors

 

 By voting for a Republican presidential candidate, for example, you are really voting for a member of the Electoral College who is expected -- but not required -- to vote along party lines, too.

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How Do You Become An Elector?

 

If you want to become an elector, know the process is more complex than just a random draw.

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Constitutional Topic: The Electoral College

 

The Electoral College is embodied in the Constitution in Article 2, Section 1, and in the 12th Amendment.

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The Electoral College

 

When Americans vote for a President and Vice President, they are actually voting for presidential electors, known collectively as the electoral college. It is these electors, chosen by the people, who elect the chief executive.

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Why Is Election Day on a Tuesday in November?

 

Federal law in the United States since the 1840s has required that the presidential election be held every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In modern society, that seems like an arbitrary time to hold an election. Yet that specific placement on the calendar made a lot of sense in the 1800s.

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Dwight Fettig on Linkedin

 

Partner at Porterfield, Fettig, & Sears LLC

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Porterfield, Fettig & Sears

 

Porterfield, Fettig & Sears helps companies engaged in finance and commerce navigate today’s challenging legislative and regulatory environment and speak with clarity, persuasion and authority on significant and material policy issues.

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TruScribe

 

TruScribe leads Whiteboard Video. Learn why hand drawn videos will change the world, and automated softwares can't compete with Scribology.

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Are You Registered to Vote?

 

Learn if you're eligible to vote, how to register, check, or update your information.

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What to Know About Every Inauguration in American History

 

Inauguration Day has also been, over the years, the occasion for plenty else, from weather problems and missing Bibles to do-overs and not a few live animals. There were even some dead ones, too.

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Timeline of the Presidential Election

 

So much of this election feels so entirely off the map — "unprecedented," as it is called in one story after another. So we wondered just how unprecedented it is. A few Nexis searches later, the answer is: very.

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Here’s What Happens If the Electoral College Ties

 

If the candidates tie, aor if no one reached the magic 270, the election would be thrown to the House of Representatives, where each state delegation gets one vote.

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What the Bush v. Gore studies showed

 

After the grueling 36-day Florida recount battle, Al Gore finally conceded the presidency to George W. Bush on December 13, 2000. But the controversy surrounding this unprecedented election and its aftermath did not end there.

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Electoral College wins are bigger than popular vote ones

 

For the fifth time in U.S. history, and the second time this century, a presidential candidate has won the White House while losing the popular vote.

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All the times in U.S. history that members of the electoral college voted their own way

 

There had been a total of 157 faithless electors until the 2016 presidential election, with that number growing to 164.

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Could electors change their vote?

 

In modern practice, the Electoral College is mostly a formality. Most electors are loyal members of the party that has selected them, and in 26 states, plus Washington, D.C., electors are bound by laws or party pledges to vote in accord with the popular vote. 

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1864 Presidential Election

 

In the United States Presidential election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president.

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Why 270 Is the Magic Number

 

There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College. Candidates need 270 votes to win the presidency.

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Maine & Nebraska

 

Maine and Nebraska both use an alternative method of distributing their electoral votes, called the Congressional District Method. Currently, these two states are the only two in the union that diverge from the traditional winner-take-all method of electoral vote allocation.

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How the Electoral College Became Winner-Take-All

 

1824 saw the first election in which the majority of states used a statewide winner-take-all voting method for choosing their presidential electors.

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Distribution of Electoral Votes

 

Electoral votes are allocated among the states based on the Census. Every state is allocated a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in its U.S. Congressional delegation—two votes for its senators in the U.S. Senate plus a number of votes equal to the number of its members in the U. S. House of Representatives.

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Selecting Electors

 

 By voting for a Republican presidential candidate, for example, you are really voting for a member of the Electoral College who is expected -- but not required -- to vote along party lines, too.

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How Do You Become An Elector?

 

If you want to become an elector, know the process is more complex than just a random draw.

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Constitutional Topic: The Electoral College

 

The Electoral College is embodied in the Constitution in Article 2, Section 1, and in the 12th Amendment.

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The Electoral College

 

When Americans vote for a President and Vice President, they are actually voting for presidential electors, known collectively as the electoral college. It is these electors, chosen by the people, who elect the chief executive.

Product Details

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Why Is Election Day on a Tuesday in November?

 

Federal law in the United States since the 1840s has required that the presidential election be held every four years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. In modern society, that seems like an arbitrary time to hold an election. Yet that specific placement on the calendar made a lot of sense in the 1800s.

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