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The United States was at war with England because of King James taking over the U.S. and making them pay unfair taxes.
It really all comes down to money.
The perfect illustrative example of this would be the Department of Education. States have the power to enact their own education policies and nowhere is education laid out as a federal duty. And yet, a Federal department exists.
They enter by setting policies and giving enough money to the States to follow the federal policies.
Answer: B. It sometimes differs from the popular vote.
Such examples would be the presidential elections in the year 2000 and the year 2016, where the winner of the electoral college vote did not match up with the winner of the popular vote.