Question

Which statement about the presidential election process in the United States is true? A. A simple majority of the popular vote is required in order to win. B. A three-quarters majority of votes by the Supreme Court justices is required to win. C. A two-thirds majority of votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to win. D. A simple majority of Electoral College votes is required in order to win.

Answer 1

Which statement about the presidential election process in the United States is true?

The answer would be: D. A simple majority of Electoral College votes is required in order to win.

Answer 2

Answer:

D. A simple majority of Electoral College votes is required in order to win.

Explanation:

The election process in the United States of America is one of its kind in the world, in most of the countries the electoral process requieres simple popular vote majority to win the election, and other need a minimun of two thids majority, but in the United States the popular vote is counted by state and then whoever wins the state gives the majority of its electoral votes to the candidate and it can happen that the electoral vote and the majority of the voters vote for a candidate but the electoral vote is won by the other, like in the Trump election vs Clinton, where Clinton won the popular vote but Trump won the electoral vote.