The Electoral College
The President is not elected by a popular vote, rather, he is elected by electorates assigned to each state. The people of the United States cast their vote for an elector, who in turn, then votes for the candidate running for President. Each state has a certain number of electorates based on the number of people they have in Congress. (Example: Wisconsin has 10, 2 senators + 8 representatives.)
The electors meet in December to cast their votes. Whoever receives a majority of electoral votes wins. They need 270 out of 538.
If no candidate receives a majority then the House of Representatives decide giving each state one vote.
Some problems with the Electoral College are due to representation. Less populated states are over represented and more populated states are underrepresented. Also, states employ the winner-take-all system and therefore, candidates only focus on battleground states.
The Electoral College sometimes end up picking the candidate that did not get the popular vote, due to the winner-take-all system. This happened in the Bush v. Gore election.
The electors meet in December to cast their votes. Whoever receives a majority of electoral votes wins. They need 270 out of 538.
If no candidate receives a majority then the House of Representatives decide giving each state one vote.
Some problems with the Electoral College are due to representation. Less populated states are over represented and more populated states are underrepresented. Also, states employ the winner-take-all system and therefore, candidates only focus on battleground states.
The Electoral College sometimes end up picking the candidate that did not get the popular vote, due to the winner-take-all system. This happened in the Bush v. Gore election.