ormally, in an election, the person with the most agreed on a compromise, in the form of the Electoral votes wins. But in the US presidential election, College system, which dictated that each state would the person with the most votes doesn’t neces-...
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ormally, in an election, the person with the most agreed on a compromise, in the form of the Electoral votes wins. But in the US presidential election, College system, which dictated that each state would the person with the most votes doesn’t neces- appoint independent electors, who would cast the actual sarily win: in the 2000 election, Democratic nominee ballots for the presidency. Al Gore won the popular vote, and in 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton won the popular vote, but that didn’t stop their opponents, George W Bush and Donald Trump respectively, from being elected to office. That’s Every four years, before the presidential election, the because the US president is elected, not by popular vote, political parties in each state appoint potential ‘electors’. which would dictate that the nominee with the most Electors are normally people who are politically active votes nationwide would become president, but by a in their party or connected to the political arena. Each co
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