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One of the main misconceptions about the US presidential election is that it is a national election. But not really. This election is basically a combination of 51 elections. Of these, 50 are in the states of the country. The other is in the District of Columbia. There are some exceptions to this. Everything is unique and quite complex.
Each state basically selects who will be eligible to vote in presidential elections through elections. Anyone over the age of eighteen above all restrictions can qualify for this rating. It is recognized in the constitution. For example, convicted criminals can also vote in some states.
It is not necessary to win the vote of the national majority to elect a president. Voters choose the president whom they choose to vote. They are called electors. The electoral college calculation is also quite complicated.
Two houses of the United States Congress. Lower House or House of Representatives. The other is the upper house or the senate. Each state has two senators. The members of the House of Representatives are proportional to the population. The number of polling stations in a state is determined by the number of members of this House of Representatives and the number of senators.
The total number of polling stations is 536. At least 260 polling stations must win to become president. The 538 people who will be eligible to vote in the November 3 election will run in the next presidential election in January.
But in this case, another issue is important for one to be elected president. If a candidate gets the most votes in a state, they will win at all polling stations in that state. Suppose a candidate named ‘A’ in a state gets one more vote than ‘B’ but ‘A’ wins at all polling stations in that state.
There are exceptions. Like the states of Maine and Nebraska. Here two electors are chosen by the votes of the entire state, and one by one in each congressional district. For example, in 2016, Maine was divided into two parts. Hillary won two voters and the district, while Donald Trump won the other.
A candidate can become president even if he loses for the majority of the people and wins in small states or by a small margin in large states. For example, in the last election, Hillary Clinton got 2.7 million more votes than Donald Trump. But Trump has 304 polling stations. Hillary 228.
SA / JIM
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