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Originally posted by Nathan
The popular vote means nothing, its not important, they just show it so you know.
The Electoral-College votes for the president in I think January, and each state has its own system to pick who gets to be their electors. Most states use a winner-take-all system where the winner gets to choose all electors. That is why if Ohio goes to Bush by 51% against 49% he gets all 20 and not 11 vs 9 of the electors.
The number of electors depend on the size of the state, with a minimum of 3. Each Senator is an elector, as far as I understand, and then there are at least 2 others.
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This sounds kinda complicated... If I understand correctly (and I probably don't), the people don't choose the President, but instead they choose the people who will choose the President?
Why isn't it as simple as the guy with the most votes wins? Why is the Electoral College system better?