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When no candidate gets a majority of the electoral college vote in a presidential election, it goes to the House of Representatives. In this "sudden death runoff", each state gets one vote.
This could only happen if a third-party candidate were to receive some electoral college votes, or if a "faithless elector" were to decline to vote for their pledged candidate.
The reason we have two houses (senate and congress) is because if each state only got one vote it give every ones vote an equal amount of importance (senate) . Some of the states disagreed with this when we were forming our government because if they were a larger state, they had to account for more population or more people opinions, so they believed they deserved more votes (congress).
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How does one state accumulate more than one electoral vote?
The minimum number of electoral votes per state is three.
Was one vote per state a weakness of the new government why or why not?
yes, it was! one vote per state would not represent the people, and would cause the new government of states joined together during the Revoulutionary War to break away from each other. New York was a highly poulated state filled with people seeking their freedoms, and the entire state would be represented by only one vote!
Each state is entitled to how many senators?
In the US, each state is represented by two US Senators.
How many votes equal one electoral vote?
The state picks delegates who cast electoral votes for a state based upon the which canadiate won the popular vote in that state.
Why are there more members in the house of represenatives than of the senate?
Because in the Senate there are 100 members, 2 per state. In the House of Reprisentatives, we vote for the best people, and a few at a time can go.
Congress under the articles of confederation had representation based on?
one vote per state
One vote per state a weakness in the articles of confideration?
Yes
Each state's power in the congress of the confederation was based on?
One vote per state, regardless of population.
How does one state accumulate more than one electoral vote?
The minimum number of electoral votes per state is three.
Was one vote per state a weakness of the new government why or why not?
yes, it was! one vote per state would not represent the people, and would cause the new government of states joined together during the Revoulutionary War to break away from each other. New York was a highly poulated state filled with people seeking their freedoms, and the entire state would be represented by only one vote!
Who benefited from the senate having one vote per state?
Several states designated one senator per county or district, while in with per capita voting, which gave each senator, rather than each state.
Under the Articles of Confederation Congress had representation based on what?
Under the Articles of Confederation, all representation was based on one vote per state. Each state was represented on an equal basis, regardless of size. Legislation under the Articles required a two-thirds vote majority. However, to amend the Articles an affirmative vote from all of the states was required.
What state plan for governing would have given one vote per state for equal representation under one legislative body This was a compromise for the issue of the houses based solely on population?
New Jersey
What is state funding?
State funding is when the state funds the political parties within the country. These can be allocated per vote or as a set amount.
Each state is entitled to how many senators?
In the US, each state is represented by two US Senators.
Who are the electoral voters and can they vote the opposite as the population per state?
well, if you are talking about the election of the president, (or any nation wide seat for that matter), then the answer is: the representitaves of Ohio, for example, have to vote with the most percent of their state. Say, Ohio voted 66.6 percent Obama. The representatives of that state would have to vote Obama, when they are representing the state. while, i am uncertain if they vote twice, once for state, and once for personal matters.
How many votes equal one electoral vote?
The state picks delegates who cast electoral votes for a state based upon the which canadiate won the popular vote in that state.
