Under the new Constitution, how would a VICE PRESIDENT be selected?chosen by a vote from Senatorsappointed by the president AFTER the electioneach state delegation would receive ONE votewhoever had the second most electoral votes
Question
Under the new Constitution, how would a VICE PRESIDENT be selected?chosen by a vote from Senatorsappointed by the president AFTER the electioneach state delegation would receive ONE votewhoever had the second most electoral votes
Solution
Under the U.S. Constitution, the Vice President is selected through the Electoral College process. Here are the steps:
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Each state has a certain number of electors based on its population. These electors are chosen by each political party.
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During the presidential election, people in each state vote for one presidential and vice presidential candidate pair.
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The pair that gets the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electors.
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The electors then cast their votes for the president and vice president.
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The candidate who receives the majority of electoral votes (270 out of 538) becomes the president.
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The candidate who has the second most electoral votes becomes the vice president.
However, the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804, changed this process. Now, electors cast one vote for president and one vote for vice president rather than casting two votes for president. The candidate who gets the majority of votes for vice president becomes the vice president. If no candidate gets a majority, the Senate chooses the vice president, with each senator having one vote.
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