American ladies.. who do you think will win the election?
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I have no idea. It depends on whether it is super close or not.
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The suspense!!!! I've never even paid this much attention to an election before.
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electoral votes are good. You can have a city of people (majority of population) voting for one person because of their way of life, but they have no experience in country life/farming/whatever so whatever so it can affect people in smaller areas and they will not be heard.
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If I'm honest, the American way of voting really confuses me. I get lost between the popular vote vs the other one (electoral???)
We don't do it that way here. Votes are tallied and whomever has the most wins. Or have I completely got it wrong about how it is down there in the States?
that's what makes more sense! the electoral votes are silly. but i guess because some states are bigger, but don't have has many people. so some how its more fare...i don't reeeeally fully understand it myself
I guess that makes sense. Ontario has the largest population so typically speaking we dictate who wins. But in reality we've got a huuuuuge land mass and barely any population comparatively.
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"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens.
The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Read more about the allocation of electoral votes.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word “state” also refers to the District of Columbia.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Read more about the qualifications of the Electors and restrictions on who the Electors may vote for.
The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state’s electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate’s electors.
Most states have a “winner-take-all” system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of “proportional representation.” Read more about the allocation of Electors among the states and try to predict the outcome of the Electoral College vote.
After the presidential election, your governor prepares a “Certificate of Ascertainment” listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your state’s Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials, the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. The electors meet in their respective states, where they cast their votes for President and Vice President on separate ballots. Your state’s electors’ votes are recorded on a “Certificate of Vote,” which is prepared at the meeting by the electors. Your state’s Certificates of Votes are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
Each state’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on the 6th of January in the year following the meeting of the electors. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House chamber to conduct the official tally of electoral votes. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the role and responsibilities of Congress in the Electoral College process.
The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the vote. The President of the Senate then declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.
The President-Elect takes the oath of office and is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th in the year following the Presidential election. "
- That's what the Electoral College is.
The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Your state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Read more about the allocation of electoral votes.
Under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution, the District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College. For this reason, in the following discussion, the word “state” also refers to the District of Columbia.
Each candidate running for President in your state has his or her own group of electors. The electors are generally chosen by the candidate’s political party, but state laws vary on how the electors are selected and what their responsibilities are. Read more about the qualifications of the Electors and restrictions on who the Electors may vote for.
The presidential election is held every four years on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. You help choose your state’s electors when you vote for President because when you vote for your candidate you are actually voting for your candidate’s electors.
Most states have a “winner-take-all” system that awards all electors to the winning presidential candidate. However, Maine and Nebraska each have a variation of “proportional representation.” Read more about the allocation of Electors among the states and try to predict the outcome of the Electoral College vote.
After the presidential election, your governor prepares a “Certificate of Ascertainment” listing all of the candidates who ran for President in your state along with the names of their respective electors. The Certificate of Ascertainment also declares the winning presidential candidate in your state and shows which electors will represent your state at the meeting of the electors in December of the election year. Your state’s Certificates of Ascertainments are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials, the Office of the Federal Register and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after the presidential election. The electors meet in their respective states, where they cast their votes for President and Vice President on separate ballots. Your state’s electors’ votes are recorded on a “Certificate of Vote,” which is prepared at the meeting by the electors. Your state’s Certificates of Votes are sent to the Congress and the National Archives as part of the official records of the presidential election. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the roles and responsibilities of state officials and the Congress in the Electoral College process.
Each state’s electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress on the 6th of January in the year following the meeting of the electors. Members of the House and Senate meet in the House chamber to conduct the official tally of electoral votes. See the key dates for the 2012 election and information about the role and responsibilities of Congress in the Electoral College process.
The Vice President, as President of the Senate, presides over the count and announces the results of the vote. The President of the Senate then declares which persons, if any, have been elected President and Vice President of the United States.
The President-Elect takes the oath of office and is sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th in the year following the Presidential election. "
- That's what the Electoral College is.
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We get ads but not many and it's more I'm great because..... Not really like the one I watched that said Obama lost American jobs because of car stuff and it was a Romney advert. Mostly we just get a leaflet from each through our door, it means that hardly anyone cares though.
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Florida is still bringing in their votes. I think there was one county that hadn't shown any of their votes yet.
Tasha, it's because us Americans are assholes.
I did see somewhere he had won Ohio, but hasn't been shown on CNN yet.
Tasha, it's because us Americans are assholes.
I did see somewhere he had won Ohio, but hasn't been shown on CNN yet.
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Google is saying 153 143 Romney. I am going to throw up
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Ohimigod Whit!
I tried to wade through that but got a bit crosseyed.I have been having some
while waiting to hear the news of who wins.
Thank you!!! From what I gathered from it, it explained it a bit more.
It was the easiest way to put it.Ohh you've been drinking? So you'll go easy on me as a Mod if I happen to call someone a cun*?
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Tiff, to make it short and simple, the larger the population of a state, the higher the number of electoral votes they have (because they have a higher number of electoral representatives). 
It's silly, in my opinion.
It's silly, in my opinion.
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florida is too close to call. but they're showing that he won the county i live in! whoop whoop, my vote counted! 
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Its true. Our political advertisement is basically "pick a colour". Get five different coloured leaflets stuffed in your mailbox next to the KFC coupons. Read them if you don't notice it's toonie tuesday at KFC first.
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I dont' know that many people care about the advertisements here either, they're the influence of the super-pacs, who aren't usually representing the average person. I don't like the ads because they're filled with half-truths.
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