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In the earliest presidential elections, state legislative choice was the most common method of choosing electors. A majority of the state legislatures selected presidential electors in both 1792 (9 of 15) and 1800 (10 of 16), and half of them did so in 1812. [208] Even in the 1824 election, a quarter of state legislatures (6 of 24) chose electors.
Electors: 9, pledged to vote for Donald Trump for President and JD Vance for Vice President: [3] Bill M. Harris (at-large) Renee Powers (at-large) Jackie Gay (1st district) Mike Dean (2nd district), former state representative from the 104th district; Lance Bell (3rd district), state senator from the 11th district; Bonnie Sachs (4th district)
A state with a larger population gets more electoral votes than a state with a smaller population. Thus, California has the most Electoral College votes with 54.
Presidential elections are further regulated by various federal and state laws. Under the 1887 Electoral Count Act, the presidential electors, the members of the Electoral College, the body that directly elects the president, must be "appointed, in each state, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year". Thus ...
Instead of a national race it's a state-by-state race. Winning one of the 50 states means that candidate collects all the so-called electoral college votes. There are 538 electoral college votes ...
Electors are usually selected by the state's political parties. ... A contingent election requires the House of Representatives to select the winner, with each state having one vote. A candidate ...
In 2016, seven electors went rogue—the most since 1972, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Thirty-five states and D.C. have laws against faithless electors.
This list of 2020 United States presidential electors contains members of the Electoral College, known as "electors", who cast ballots to elect the president of the United States and vice president of the United States in the 2020 presidential election. There are 538 electors from the 50 states and the District of Columbia. [1]