What does the popular vote do?

Table of Contents:

1. What does the popular vote do?
2. What is the popular vote system?
3. What percentage of the popular vote did Obama get?
4. What role does the popular vote play in a presidential election?
5. Did Reagan win the popular vote?
6. Can a state split electoral votes?
7. Do electoral votes have to follow the popular vote?

What does the popular vote do?

When citizens cast their ballots for president in the popular vote, they elect a slate of electors. Electors then cast the votes that decide who becomes president of the United States. Usually, electoral votes align with the popular vote in an election.

What is the popular vote system?

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all their electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the overall popular vote in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

What percentage of the popular vote did Obama get?

Obama won 332 electoral votes and 51.

What role does the popular vote play in a presidential election?

Polling Place: the location in which you cast your vote. to cast their vote for president. But the tally of those votes—the popular vote—does not determine the winner. Instead, presidential elections use the Electoral College. To win the election, a candidate must receive a majority of electoral votes.

Did Reagan win the popular vote?

Reagan won 58.

Can a state split electoral votes?

Under the District Method, a State's electoral votes can be split among two or more candidates, just as a state's congressional delegation can be split among multiple political parties. As of 2008, Nebraska and Maine are the only states using the District Method of distributing electoral votes.

Do electoral votes have to follow the popular vote?

Most states require that all electoral votes go to the candidate who receives the most votes in that state. After state election officials certify the popular vote of each state, the winning slate of electors meet in the state capital and cast two ballots—one for Vice President and one for President.