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What if no one gets a majority of the Electoral College’s votes?

Can the electors change their mind?

Is it still important to vote if electors will choose the President?

Has it ever happened that the Electoral College has overturned a state's winner?


US Electoral College


 

Primary Election Political Parties Election Day Voting Election of the President Candidates National Conventions National Conventions - An Inside View Candidates at the Convention The Campaign Polling Places The Electoral College The Electoral Map The Inauguration

 
The Electoral Map

How Barack Obama Won : A State-by-State Guide to the Historic 2008 Presidential Election
by Chuck Todd, Sheldon Gawiser

Electoral Behavior
by Jocelyn Evans (Editor) , Kai Arzheimer (Editor)

American Government : Policy and Politics
by Tannahill, Neal Tannahill, Neal

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States make their electors pledge to vote in a certain way, and 24 states have laws that punish electors who decide to get funny and switch things up. However, with a few exceptions like Michigan and Minnesota, votes cast by faithless electors still count in the final tally.

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