Question

1.What is the Electoral College and why was it created? Explain how we elect a president through the Electoral College. What are some of the pros and cons of the Electoral College?

Answer 1

Originally, the Electoral College provided the Constitutional Convention with a compromise between two main proposals: the popular election of the President and the election of the President by Congress. About this object The 1953 electoral vote count declared Dwight D. Eisenhower the winner.

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Answer 2

the electoral college is a system that gives each state a set amount of votes. the electoral votes are given to the candidate who gets the most votes in a state (for example, biden got the most votes in california so he wins california's 55 electoral votes). the presidential candidate who reaches 270 electoral votes wins the presidency.