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Why have elections when the states winner will receive all the electoral votes?

April 26, 2017elections electoral electoral college Electors presidential State votes winner

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Why have elections when the states winner will receive all the electoral votes?

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Why have elections when the state’s winner will receive all the electoral votes?Answer: Electors are allowed to vote for whichever candidate they want. An elector who votes for an opposing presidential candidate is called a ‘faithless elector’. The last time an elector changed his vote was in 1988 when a Democratic elector voted for Lloyd Bentsen over Michael Dukakis. Learn more about the electoral college: • What is the electoral college? • Why did the Founding Fathers create electors? • How many total electoral votes are there? • How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win? • Which states have the most electoral votes? • How many electors does each state have?