societies with limited governments hold government officials to the same legal standards as citizens, and implement systems of checks and balances, ensuring that no one party gains too much power.
however, authoritarian governments are characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms, and are generally based upon the rule of a party or the military.
There are 538 total electors in the electoral college. A candidate needs 270 to win the presidency. The electoral College consists on the meeting of the electors that vote for President and Vice President and the counting of the electoral votes. The electoral college system was established by the founding fathers.
