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Originally Posted by MaggieL
No, the electoral collge.
See, I win my bet.
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When one votes for a presidential candidate one is voting for the electors from one's state to cast their votes for the same candidate. If one votes for the Republican candidate, one is really voting for an elector who will be "pledged" to vote for the Republican candidate. The candidate who wins the popular vote in a state wins all the votes of the state's electors.
The Electoral College system was instated by Article II of the Constitution and later amended by the 12th Amendment in 1804.
Every state gets a number of electors equal to its number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives, plus one for each of its two U.S. Senators. The District of Columbia gets three electors. State laws determine how electors are chosen, they are usually selected by the political party committees within the states.
I bow before you vast wisdom concerning my knowledge of the EC. Sow what did I win, anyhow? My very own vacation in Guantanomo?
PS How did this thread get into gun control AGAIN? We only have 60 billion threads discussing the topic. Go shoot somebody, Maggie - you'll feel MUCH better, I'm sure.