The vice president is indirectly elected, together with the president, to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College.
According to the constitution, the election of the president and the vice president of the United States is done through an indirect election whereby the citizens who are registered to vote in any of the 50 states cast their ballot for members of the united states electoral college called the electors. The electors then cast their votes known as electoral votes for the president and the vice president. The candidate should receive at least 270 out of a total of 538 electoral votes for him to qualify in that office.
