How does the electoral college work?
When Americans cast their ballots for President and Vice President they do not directly vote for the candidates of their choice. Instead, voters are actually casting their ballots for “electors” in their state, who then cast votes known as “Electoral Votes.” This body of electors nationwide is known collectively as the Electoral College, and it is their votes, and not the nationwide popular vote, that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States. In keeping with the idea of representative government that the nation was founded upon, the Electoral College was originally designed to be a deliberative body of citizens elected by voters to select the President and Vice President. However it soon evolved into the system we have today, where the voters choose electors who are pledged to a certain candidate. Each state and the District of Columbia is allotted a number of electoral votes equal to their total Congressional representation. There are 538 members of Congress so th
