Back Ground Information
Most people get easily confused when it comes to the electoral college when it’s actually very comprehensible when explained correctly. It can be described as a group of people who formally cast votes to select the president. The public votes for the president and vice president. A normal count where each person’s vote is simply counted as one is the popular vote. After the popular vote has been tallied in all states then the group of electors (aka. the electoral college) votes upon who the president will be. There are very few qualifications for being an elector. There is no legislation that says how the electors have to vote. Generally the electors vote with the popular vote but not always. Depending on the political party and the state, there are different requirements for the voting. Back in the day, the public had a hard time finding out about the presidential candidates and most people were not educated. So in efforts to keep the country going, the electoral college was created. Another reason it was created was because Southerners didn’t want slaves to be included in a direct vote. First the public votes for the president and vice president which is the popular vote. After the popular vote has been tallied in all states then the group of electors (aka. the electoral college) votes upon who the president will be. There are very few qualifications for being an elector. There is no legislation that says how the electors have to vote. Generally the electors vote with the popular vote but not always. Depending on the political party and the state there are different requirements for the voting (Who are the Electors?). Back in the day the public had a hard time finding out about the presidential candidates and most people were not educated. So in efforts to keep the country going the electoral college was created. Another reason it was created was because Southerners didn't want slaves to be included in an direct vote.