Electoral College is the mechanism of indirect election of public officials. For the election of the president and the vice-president of the electoral college is formed, consisting of 538 specially selected persons. This number from each state includes many people, how many congressmen and senators delegated by the state to the legislature, plus another three from the District of Columbia. To be elected, a candidate must obtain an absolute majority in the Electoral College (now is 270). If no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes, the election made by the House of Representatives, with the delegation from each state having one vote. The work of the Electoral College is well illustrated by an incident that occurred in California
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The rule of "winner takes all" or an agreement, according to which all the electoral college votes of any state are given to the state, gaining the highest number of votes is not recorded in the US Constitution. In practice, it happens that the states choose unaffiliated electors or the electors of their obligations, not voting for the candidate of that promise. Since the board - Institute for Constitutional, Electoral such behavior cannot be punished. Reformers regularly call into question the merits of the electoral college, especially their worries inherent in this system accident factor when no candidate receives a majority vote of its members. This happened in 1800 and 1824. And it could happen in 1960, 1968, 1980 and 1992. If the elections (the president) was entrusted to the Congress, the negotiations necessary for the formation majority, and sometimes threatened the rule of law crisis. They could also delaying a decision until early January, when before the inauguration is about two weeks, and thus give rise to a dangerous period of …show more content…
This result, and in fact took place in 1824 and 1888. And was dangerously close in 1844, 1880, 1884, 1960 and 1966. Recognizing the strong influence of regional interests, which have always played a huge role in the history of the United States, proponents of electoral system argue that the electoral college contributes to the cohesion of society on the basis of implementation of the rule of law, according to which the president-elect should be based on the broad support of voters. In the absence of such a mechanism would be elected president, in fact, any constituents of the overpopulated region, or voters who live in large urban centers. In this case, the interests of the voters living in rural areas, would be simply ignored. This point is crucial, because the body of the electoral college is formed in such a way that a presidential candidate picked a mate from another state, according to the current system, no single region can not gain an absolute majority of electoral votes (270) required to elect a president
The rule of "winner takes all" or an agreement, according to which all the electoral college votes of any state are given to the state, gaining the highest number of votes is not recorded in the US Constitution. In practice, it happens that the states choose unaffiliated electors or the electors of their obligations, not voting for the candidate of that promise. Since the board - Institute for Constitutional, Electoral such behavior cannot be punished. Reformers regularly call into question the merits of the electoral college, especially their worries inherent in this system accident factor when no candidate receives a majority vote of its members. This happened in 1800 and 1824. And it could happen in 1960, 1968, 1980 and 1992. If the elections (the president) was entrusted to the Congress, the negotiations necessary for the formation majority, and sometimes threatened the rule of law crisis. They could also delaying a decision until early January, when before the inauguration is about two weeks, and thus give rise to a dangerous period of …show more content…
This result, and in fact took place in 1824 and 1888. And was dangerously close in 1844, 1880, 1884, 1960 and 1966. Recognizing the strong influence of regional interests, which have always played a huge role in the history of the United States, proponents of electoral system argue that the electoral college contributes to the cohesion of society on the basis of implementation of the rule of law, according to which the president-elect should be based on the broad support of voters. In the absence of such a mechanism would be elected president, in fact, any constituents of the overpopulated region, or voters who live in large urban centers. In this case, the interests of the voters living in rural areas, would be simply ignored. This point is crucial, because the body of the electoral college is formed in such a way that a presidential candidate picked a mate from another state, according to the current system, no single region can not gain an absolute majority of electoral votes (270) required to elect a president