Please enable JavaScript in your web browser; otherwise some parts of this site might not work properly. In other U. But the president and vice president are not elected directly by citizens.
The process of using electors comes from the Constitution. It was a compromise between a popular vote by citizens and a vote in Congress. Each state gets as many electors as it has members of Congress House and Senate. Including Washington, D. Who is chosen to be an elector, how, and when varies by state. After you cast your ballot for president, your vote goes to a statewide tally. In 48 states and Washington, D. Maine and Nebraska assign their electors using a proportional system.
A candidate needs the vote of at least electors—more than half of all electors—to win the presidential election. In most cases, a projected winner is announced on election night in November after you vote.
But the actual Electoral College vote takes place in mid-December when the electors meet in their states. See the Electoral College timeline of events for the election. The rare elector who votes for someone else may be fined, disqualified and replaced by a substitute elector, or potentially even prosecuted.
It is possible to win the Electoral College but lose the popular vote. This happened in , in , and three times in the s. If no candidate receives the majority of electoral votes , the vote goes to the House of Representatives. House members choose the new president from among the top three candidates. The Senate elects the vice president from the remaining top two candidates. This has only happened once.
The Electoral College process is in the U. It would take a constitutional amendment to change the process. For more information, contact your U. Lots of people dream of becoming President of the United States. But to officially run for office, a person needs to meet three basic requirements established by the U. Constitution Article 2, Section 1. People with similar ideas usually belong to the same political party. The two main parties in the U. Many people want to be President. In caucuses, party members meet, discuss, and vote for who they think would be the best party candidate.
Rules for municipal elections will vary from county to county. Partisanship in the California Legislation had, at times, become so polarized that at one point it left the state without a budget for days in These budget stalemates motivated then-Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, and other Democratic legislators in to promote an idea that would minimize partisanship. With that goal in mind, they proposed a new open primary process that might open the door for independents and moderates. Proposition 14 was designed to consolidate multiple ballots into one for statewide offices, legislative offices, and candidates for U. Senate and House of Representatives. And in June , voters approved Proposition 14 establishing the top-two primary.
Proponents of an open primary say it means fewer party-centric elections and less polarization in politics. Opponents say vote-splitting leaves less votes to minor party candidates who are outnumbered by major party candidates in key races. Andrew Gumbel, a Los Angeles-based journalist recently made this argument in an opinion column for the Los Angeles Times. Nebraska and Washington also have two-top primaries , though other states — Alaska , North Carolina , Virginia , just to name a few — have or are currently considering coming up with their own non-party primary elections.
Email: luis. Read The Conversation on Flipboard. The Conversation. Thousands of calls come into a San Diego County crisis hotline every month. We talked to a counselor about seeking help. Gen Z is the most diverse generation in U. This system differs from a true open primary because a Democrat cannot cross over and vote in a Republican party primary, or vice versa.
The choice is public information, although it does not change the voter's unaffiliated status. In an open primary, voters may choose privately in which primary to vote. This permits a voter to cast a vote across party lines for the primary election. Supporters say this system gives voters maximal flexibility—allowing them to cross party lines—and maintains their privacy. Advocates of the "top-two" format argue that it increases the likelihood of moderate candidates advancing to the general election ballot.
Opponents maintain that it reduces voter choice by making it possible that two candidates of the same party face off in the general election. They also contend that it is tilted against minor parties who will face slim odds of earning one of only two spots on the general election ballot.
State and federal elections in Louisiana, and legislative elections in Nebraska, share some common traits with top-two primaries, but are distinct. In Louisiana, on the general election date, all candidates run on the same ticket. One way to look at this is to say there is no primary election--just a general election for all candidates, with a runoff when needed.
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