US Presidential election process is not as simple as it sounds. The President and the Vice-President are elected after every 4 years by the electors who further are elected by people. It is the people who decide who will be the Presidential face from a particular party and who will be the president from the chosen candidates but indirectly.
Let's understand:
U.S.A. has 50 states for example Texas, Florida, Ohio et cetera. Each state has its own powers and govern their people which may be starkly opposite to the other states.(States their have more power than states in India). Now first are the PRIMARIES conducted in which people show their preference for a party's candidate or a candidate in general .(Bernie sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren are some famous candidates from Democratic party).In some states all the eligible voters can vote but in others only registered party members can. Now these voters elect DELEGATES and these delegates further vote to support the candidate of the party in a meeting called the National Party Convention.
Total delegates -3979
Minimum delegates to win- 1991
(In Democratic party Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee as he has more support from delegates than the others Democrat candidates).
Now are the nominees from the two main parties(U.S.A. follows two party system-Democratic and Republican) elected.
Next is the process of electoral college.
Each state have different number of electors depending on the population. For instance California has 55(53+2)electors. Also each state will have two electors which will be the members of the Senate House.
Now on the election day people vote for the elector which are chosen by the delegates in the National party convention( Donald Trump from Republican and Joe Biden from Democratic). Here the Principal of one takes all is applicable. For example let's assume a state has 20 electors out of which 15 vote for Democratic and other 5 for Republican now since votes for Democratic form the majority that's why all 20 votes would be taken away by the Democratic. This is also the reason why candidates weigh more importance on states with more number of votes/electors than the states which does not have many votes. Next, on a designated day then these electors finally vote for their party candidate and the candidate with at least 270 votes(total-538) wins. ( In 2016 Donald trump received 304 elector votes to Clinton's 227 votes).
Let's understand:
U.S.A. has 50 states for example Texas, Florida, Ohio et cetera. Each state has its own powers and govern their people which may be starkly opposite to the other states.(States their have more power than states in India). Now first are the PRIMARIES conducted in which people show their preference for a party's candidate or a candidate in general .(Bernie sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren are some famous candidates from Democratic party).In some states all the eligible voters can vote but in others only registered party members can. Now these voters elect DELEGATES and these delegates further vote to support the candidate of the party in a meeting called the National Party Convention.
Total delegates -3979
Minimum delegates to win- 1991
(In Democratic party Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee as he has more support from delegates than the others Democrat candidates).
Now are the nominees from the two main parties(U.S.A. follows two party system-Democratic and Republican) elected.
Next is the process of electoral college.
Each state have different number of electors depending on the population. For instance California has 55(53+2)electors. Also each state will have two electors which will be the members of the Senate House.
Now on the election day people vote for the elector which are chosen by the delegates in the National party convention( Donald Trump from Republican and Joe Biden from Democratic). Here the Principal of one takes all is applicable. For example let's assume a state has 20 electors out of which 15 vote for Democratic and other 5 for Republican now since votes for Democratic form the majority that's why all 20 votes would be taken away by the Democratic. This is also the reason why candidates weigh more importance on states with more number of votes/electors than the states which does not have many votes. Next, on a designated day then these electors finally vote for their party candidate and the candidate with at least 270 votes(total-538) wins. ( In 2016 Donald trump received 304 elector votes to Clinton's 227 votes).
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