2).The Electoral College works in basically the same way today. Each state is allocates its number of electors, based on its population and senators. Then, each one is given the option of how they wish to choose these electors. While 48 states have chosen to use the general ticket system, Nebraska and Maine chose to use the district ticket system. In the general ticket system, there is a direct vote election held in each state and the winner of the popular vote is supposed to get all of that states electoral votes. In Maine and Nebraska there is an election held in each congressional district, and the winner of every district gets one electoral vote. The winner of the most districts is awarded the remaining two votes, which are allocated for the states senators. After all of the electoral votes are counted, the candidate with the majority of the electoral votes becomes the president elect. If there is no majority then the election gets thrown into the House of Representatives, where each state is given one vote and they to determine the president. If a candidate gets a majority vote, then he/she becomes president, if not they continue voting until a majority is reached.Another part of the election process of the president that is often overlooked is the steps a candidate takes before he/she becomes a candidate. First, they must declare their wish to seek a bid from their respective party for that party’s candidacy. Once they have done this, they must go through a series of caucuses and primary elections. There are two types of primaries, open primaries, which allow anyone to vote for who the party’s candidate should be, and closed primaries, which only allow registered members of that party to vote on the candidate. Closed primaries are by far the more common of the two. The person who wins the most votes in the most states wins the candidacy for that party. Originally, high-ranking party officials chose who ran for...
