For this cold, third week of Nov. 2020 - we will complete our analysis of the U.S. Electoral College and its role in choosing the U.S. president. As we mentioned last week - David Brody - a political analyst from Christian Broadcasting Network stated in the CBN YouTube clip posted on Nov. 05 - 2020 - that the states could pick their own Electors who would - in turn - vote for their own presidential choice.
It's our understanding of the U.S. Constitution's provisions for final certifying of the U.S. presidential candidate - the provisions call for the states' chosen Electors to follow the presidential candidate's party affiliation - thus the electoral votes would be awarded to whoever won the states' popular vote - thus the majority rules but not directly; this arrangement avoids the "mob rule" situation where the majority of direct voters might choose to elect some dictator. The Electoral College members of each state (the size of the state determines the amount of the electors) - are supposed to follow their party line - however - there are quite few "unaffiliated" electors who could switch their votes - not that they do it - but they could.
Anyway - by Dec. 14th of each year - the Electoral College - takes the final vote (just a formality) and issues a certification so that the new president elect - can start transferring his Executive (presidential) power. However - in the U.S. system - the Legislative power (congress and senate) also has a lot of pull; that's the second arm of the U.S. power. The U.S Supreme Court - the third arm of the highest power - the Judicial power - has the "final" say. The U.S. constitutional system has a lot of checks and balances written into the U.S. Constitution.
At any rate - everybody will have a super good Thanksgiving week - coming up - very soon - and we shall meet here again - a week from today - same channel - same time!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2020
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