The importance of cephalization is the development of a control center or brain. The brain is a concentration of nervous tissue that coordinates and controls sensory information and nervous activity. A larger brain allows for smarter and more complex animals.
The power to "pick" the president is in the hands of the electoral college, which has over 500 members, and whose only function is to elect the president (and vice-president.)
The electoral college should, but is not obliged to, vote according to the popular vote in the state, and also usually choose to give all votes to the winning candidate. There have been very few instances of electors voting against the expectations of the voters.
Israel became a state on May 14, 1948 when they declared independence with the neighboring Arab states.
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