All the measure does is apportion one additional vote in the House between the 50 states based on the existing formula. It just so happened that, under that formula, Utah got the the short end of the stick and was the next state in line for an additional Congressman anyway. For the th Congress, which will be elected in and whose membership is still determined by the Census, Utah will gain an additional elected member.
But there are no guarantees about which state will benefit in and beyond … it could be that the extra seat helps a Republican state like Utah to gain an additional member in fact, Utah is nearly certain to gain a voting member anyway because of its high population growth , or it could be that the extra vote saves a deep blue state like New York from losing one.
The risk of this happening is heightened in states where the legislature is controlled by a different party than the governor.
Several battleground states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, have Democratic governors and Republican-controlled legislatures. One flaw of the Electoral College system is that it could result in a tie. If that occurs, a newly elected House of Representatives would decide the fate of the presidency on Jan.
There are 26 states with more Republican members in the House than Democratic members. Library of Congress; Encyclopedia Britannica. Voting by mail. The Electoral College. Politics and data. This date is set by a federal law passed by Congress, and may only by changed by Congress. In Maine and Nebraska, one presidential elector is elected from each of the state's congressional districts, and two presidential electors are elected on the basis of the statewide vote.
For example, in , Nebraska's electoral votes divided , with McCain receiving four and Obama receiving one as a result of his winning Nebraska's 2nd congressional district.
In , Maine's electoral votes divided , with Clinton receiving three and Trump receiving one as a result of his winning Maine's 2nd congressional district in the northern part of the state. The members of the Electoral College cast their votes for President and Vice President in meetings held in the 50 state capitals and the District of Columbia in mid-December of presidential election years.
If all electors are appointed, electoral votes i. The date for the meeting of the Electoral College is established by federal election law United States Code. Title 3, chapter 1, section 7. In , the designated day for the meeting of the Electoral College is Monday, December Constitution does not specify procedures for the nomination of candidates for presidential elector.
The two most common methods the states have adopted are nomination by state party convention and by state party committee. Generally, the parties select members known for their loyalty and service to the party, such as party leaders, state and local elected officials and party activists. However, in most states, electors' names are not printed on the ballot. All 50 states and the District of Columbia use one of two methods for awarding their electoral votes:.
In 48 states and the District of Columbia, when a candidate for president wins a state's popular vote, that party's slate of electors will be the ones to cast the vote for president of the United States in December. For example, Florida has 29 electoral votes.
These 29 people will gather on Dec. Maine and Nebraska are the only states that do not use a winner-take-all system. Instead, in these two states, one electoral vote is awarded to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in each congressional district, and the remaining two electoral votes are awarded to the candidates receiving the most votes statewide. This is known as the district system.
It is possible under the district system to split the electoral vote for the state. This happened in in Nebraska: Barack Obama won the electoral vote in the congressional district including Omaha, while John McCain won in the state's other two districts and won the statewide vote as well, securing the state's two at-large votes.
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