{"id":35600,"date":"2020-11-09T09:53:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35600"},"modified":"2020-11-09T09:53:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:53:31","slug":"the-final-potus-election-outcome-is-determined-by-the-electoral-college-not-the-mendacious-mainstream-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=35600","title":{"rendered":"The Final POTUS Election Outcome is Determined by the Electoral College, not the Mendacious Mainstream Media"},"content":{"rendered":"

VERIFY: Why we vote, despite the Electoral College’s role in determining the president<\/h1>\n

KHOU 11<\/p>\n

Lois A. asked: “Why do we still have people vote if the Electoral College” plays such a large role in determining the outcome of the election?<\/p>\n

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The VERIFY team has received a lot of questions regarding the electoral college, and the voting system across the United States.<\/p>\n

Viewer Lois A. wrote to the team and asked: \u201cIf the Electoral College determines the President, why do we even vote? Why is [the] popular vote so important?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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THE QUESTION:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Why do we still have people vote if the Electoral College ultimately determines the outcome of the election anyway?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our votes decide who is in the electoral college, and the electoral college votes to decide who wins the election. Put simply, you\u2019re voting for a representative (elector) who will vote for the candidate you want to win.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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WHAT WE FOUND:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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A recent\u00a0Supreme Court ruling summary<\/a>\u00a0explains the idea well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhen Americans cast ballots for presidential candidates, their votes actually go toward selecting members of the Electoral College.\u201d<\/p>\n

As detailed in a\u00a0Congressional Research Service report from October,<\/a>\u00a0when you cast your ballot for the candidates of a party on November 3rd, you\u2019re actually voting for \u201cthe electors committed to support those candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the campaign, both parties put together a list of elector nominees in each state. These can basically be anyone who is not currently serving in a federal office. \u201cIn practice, nominees tend to be a mixture of state and local elected officials, part activists, celebrities, and ordinary citizens,\u201d the CRS report explains.<\/p>\n

When citizens vote on Nov. 3rd or during early voting, the votes are really being counted to determine if the Democrat or Republican nominees are officially chosen as electors.<\/p>\n

If you vote for Trump\/Pence, that\u2019s really a vote for the Republican electors in your state. Similarly, a vote for Biden\/Harris is really a vote for the Democrat electors in your state.<\/p>\n

Once the vote is counted, electors are chosen off the results.\u00a0U.S. Code<\/a>\u00a0gives states until December 8th to lock in electors. In 48 States, the electors are chosen in a \u201cwinner-take-all\u201d system. If one candidate gets 51% of the vote, they get all the electors of that state. Maine and Nebraska are the two exceptions.<\/p>\n

Once all this is done, electors officially meet and cast a vote for candidates of their party to be President and Vice President. This vote will take place on December 14th this year. More than a month after the general vote.<\/p>\n

So to answer Lois’ question: Our votes decide who is in the Electoral College, and the Electoral College votes to decide who wins the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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