Why don’t the Electoral College and popular vote always match up?
Four times the winner of the national popular vote lost the presidency – most recently in 2016 when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote – and it could happen in 2020 due to the Electoral College.
The Electoral College meets on Monday. Here's what to expect.
The 538 members will cast votes for president and vice president.
Dec. 13 - The 538 members of the Electoral College are set to cast votes for president and vice president on Monday -- marking another step toward making President-elect Joe Biden's victory official.
The vote is traditionally little more than a formality. But this year, with President Donald Trump resisting his defeat at every turn and waging long-shot legal battles with baseless claims of widespread fraud, the meeting comes at a tense and fragile moment for the country's democratic institutions and is one that will happen irrespective of the outgoing president's efforts to subvert the electoral process.
The electors will seal Biden as the winner ahead of his swearing in at the inauguration on Jan. 20. His margin of victory in the Electoral College is expected to be 306 votes to Trump's 232, if there are no surprises.
More on what to expect on Monday:
Four times the winner of the national popular vote lost the presidency – most recently in 2016 when Hillary Clinton won the popular vote – and it could happen in 2020 due to the Electoral College.
The Electoral College meets on Monday. Here's what to expect.
The 538 members will cast votes for president and vice president.
Dec. 13 - The 538 members of the Electoral College are set to cast votes for president and vice president on Monday -- marking another step toward making President-elect Joe Biden's victory official.
The vote is traditionally little more than a formality. But this year, with President Donald Trump resisting his defeat at every turn and waging long-shot legal battles with baseless claims of widespread fraud, the meeting comes at a tense and fragile moment for the country's democratic institutions and is one that will happen irrespective of the outgoing president's efforts to subvert the electoral process.
The electors will seal Biden as the winner ahead of his swearing in at the inauguration on Jan. 20. His margin of victory in the Electoral College is expected to be 306 votes to Trump's 232, if there are no surprises.
More on what to expect on Monday:
In this Jan. 6, 2017, file photo, Vice President Joe Biden hands the official Electoral College votes
What is the Electoral College?
While the public elects members of Congress, governors, state legislators, mayors and other local officers, the nation's highest office is determined by the Electoral College -- an obscure vestige of the Constitution that was established as a compromise between empowering Congress or a popular majority with the ability to elect the president... more
When and where are the electors meeting?The electors are required by federal law to meet the "Monday after the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years," but they gather in each of their respective states and the nation's capital at places determined by the state legislature... more
What happens on Monday?
Each state's slate of electors will cast two votes by a paper ballot in a typically low-drama affair.
Once the votes are tallied, the electors sign six certificates with the results. The separate certificates are submitted to the archivist of the United States, the president of the Senate (the country's vice president), the secretary of state and to the judge of the U.S. district court of the district where the electors met.
The candidates who receive a majority of the vote across the Electoral College -- or 270 votes -- are formally elected to the White House... source & more
What is the Electoral College?
While the public elects members of Congress, governors, state legislators, mayors and other local officers, the nation's highest office is determined by the Electoral College -- an obscure vestige of the Constitution that was established as a compromise between empowering Congress or a popular majority with the ability to elect the president... more
When and where are the electors meeting?The electors are required by federal law to meet the "Monday after the second Wednesday in December of presidential election years," but they gather in each of their respective states and the nation's capital at places determined by the state legislature... more
What happens on Monday?
Each state's slate of electors will cast two votes by a paper ballot in a typically low-drama affair.
Once the votes are tallied, the electors sign six certificates with the results. The separate certificates are submitted to the archivist of the United States, the president of the Senate (the country's vice president), the secretary of state and to the judge of the U.S. district court of the district where the electors met.
The candidates who receive a majority of the vote across the Electoral College -- or 270 votes -- are formally elected to the White House... source & more
