Berlin-Brandenburg School Project on the U.S. Presidential Elections 2008  For more information: Index l Presidential Candidates l Opinion Polls l Issues l States l About the USA: 2008 Elections

THE STATES The Electoral College determines which individuals become the United States' president and vice president. Each U.S. state is assigned a number of electors, with the most heavily populated states having the most electors and the least populated states the fewest. Each citizen votes in his or her home state, and the winner of the popular vote in all but two of the states receives all the votes of its state’s electors. The presidential candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes becomes the president of the United States, and his running mate the vice president. Read more: America.gov e.Journal: The Electoral College

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