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Who are my state's Electoral College voters?

Just wondering where I can find out who they are. I would assume the Governor and Senators, right? Who are the rest?

Update:

Is there any way we know how these people are? By name?

538 anonymous people picking our President...

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  • Calvin
    Lv 4
    8 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    They change every election. Each party with a candidate organizes a slate of electors (this is who you really vote for) and the winner's slate of electors go to the Electoral College to vote for their candidate.

    The party decides who the electors are and they are usually party faithful, VIPs, etc.

    Note that there is no law that says the electors MUST vote for the candidate on the ballot. Many (but only about one each election) have voted for someone else, or withheld their vote as a protest.

  • Dash
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    They are not anonymous. You can easily find the list of electors for each electors. Here is the list from the 2012 election. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States...

    Each political party selects a slate of electors for each state. They select very loyal people that they know will support their candidate. Which ever candidate wins the popular vote in that state gets to have his slate of electors vote in the electoral college. The electors for the losing candidate don't get to vote at all. At least that how it works in most states as they are winner takes all.

    It's a good system and serves an important purpose. You should learn more about it.

  • 8 years ago

    Calvin's answer is correct, but includes one error. There are laws in most states that require electors to vote for the candidates to whom they are pledged. To get details on that, you have to look up electoral law in each state.

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