Question 1)
There are a number of things that influenced the problem of electing the president at the constitutional convention:
1) the lack of established politicians and political parties in the US at the time - the person chosen would not have been a well-known politician whose views are predictible
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2) they remembered the absolute rule of the English king, so they were worried the new president could also be a dictator - they wanted to make sure that the president was chosen in fair election and could be removed from the office if necessary
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Question 2)
Since the electoral college is a college of politicians whose job it is to know everyone and everything, we give them our votes and they vote for who should be the president. Therefore, you don't have to know who the president is, but if you give your vote to the elector then they will give it to who they know is about the ideas that you voted for. Nowadays it is much more complicated due to the scale of it all.
Question 3)
Currently, there are 538 electors, based on 435 representatives, 100 senators from the fifty states and three electors from Washington, D.C. The six states with the most electors are California (55 electors), Texas (38 electors), New York (29 electors), Florida (29 electors), Illinois (20 electors), and Pennsylvania (20 electors).
Question 4)
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.
Question 5)
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives elects the President from the three candidates who received the most electoral votes. Each state delegation has one vote. In order to become president, a candidate must win more than half of the votes in the Electoral College.
Explanation:
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