What is the purpose of the electoral college? to choose the president of the united states to decide who will be president if there is a tie to divide the vote between population and state to educate citizens about pres

To elect the president. Each state gets some electoral college "votes" (based on population. Cali had like 50 while wyoming has 1)

When you vote in an election, youre basically telling the electoral college how to use their votes.

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