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  1. The Electoral College for Dummies - spunout

    It is a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and the election of the President by a popular vote of U.S. citizens.

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    The electors for each state are chosen by each candidate’s political party. After the election, the electors vote in their respective states for the President and Vice President. There is no law that requires the electors to cast their vote according to their state’s popular vote, however, that is often times the case.

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    The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. The number 538 is the total of the nation’s 435 representatives, 100 senators, and the three electors given to the District of Columbia. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to redeem the presidency. Every state is given a number of votes equal to the number of senators and representatives in...

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