3. whichever candidate received a majority of the popular vote, or a plurality of the popular vote (less than 50 percent but more than any other candidate), took all of the State's electoral votes. Only two States, Nebraska and Maine, did not follow the winner-takes-all rule.
4. 270
5. The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens. However, the term “electoral college” does not appear in the Constitution.
The code of Hammurabi and Chinese legalism both rely on the idea that in order for a state or society to function well and properly, people need to follow a strict adherence to the rules of the state.
The congress are voted for by the people. If someone wants to run for Congress, they run against other people. The people choose who they want, and vote for them when the time comes.
