Electoral College

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Electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the United States, conceived because the Founding Fathers worried voters were not informed enough to select a president. Today, voters instead choose an elector from a particular party and that person votes for his or her party’s candidate. This practice was scrutinized in 2000 when then Vice President Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the presidential election to George W. Bush in the electoral contest.

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