US Presidential Elections 2020: How is POTUS elected? Can Trump lose the vote & still win?

preparations for US elections scheduled for vember 3 are in full swing despite setback to Republican campaign after US President Donald Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2. With US elections only a month away, Trump’s popularity has declined, according to poll surveys, due to failed COVID-19 response which has alrey claimed over 200,000 lives in United States.

However, it is still possible for US President to return to power even if he fails to win popular vote, just like he did in 2016. While US citizens vote for eir incumbent Donald Trump or his Democratic rival Joe Biden, y won’t be directly responsible for election of next US President because of electoral system.

What is  Electoral College?

US citizens technically vote for “electors” and t presidential candidates mselves, who subsequently elect President. However, electors, usually state officials or senior party leers who make up electoral college, are t named on ballot. electoral college refers to a group of people with a shared task of choosing president and vice-president. electoral college meets every four years to carry out task once election results are out.

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All US states and Washington DC have a fixed number of electors in electoral college based on size of state. Each state gets at least three electoral votes, which represent sum of state Senators and Representatives. District of Columbia has neir Senators r Representatives in Congress but 23rd Amendment gave it three electoral votes.

All states except Maine and Nebraska use a winner-takes-all system, which means a candidate winning most votes in those states takes its entire haul of electoral votes. margin of winning popular vote could be very low in a state with a greater population, assuring more number of electoral votes. 

A party winning a state, which has a comparatively lesser population and subsequently lesser electoral vote, with high margin could ensure more popular votes but less electoral votes. re have been five US Presidents in history of United States, including Donald Trump, who lost popular vote but won electoral vote. So, it remains a possibility for 2020 elections that a candidate wins popular vote yet loses electoral vote.

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