Electoral College

Introduction
When Americans vote for a President and Vice President, they are actually voting for presidential electors, known collectively as the Electoral College. It is these electors, chosen by the people, who elect the chief executive. The Constitution assigns each state a number of electors equal to the combined total of the state?s Senate and House of Representatives delegations; at present, the number of electors per state ranges from three to 55, for 538. In each presidential election year, political parties and other groupings in each state, usually at a state party convention,…