. Government and politics in Virginia . ill continue to vote at the polls not directly forPresident and Vice-President but for presidential electors,this has become a mere form. They actually vote for thecandidates of their party; for when the electors of a par-ticular party are victorious at the polls in any state, theseelectors cannot, when they meet in the electoral college oftheir state, cast their votes for any other than the candi-dates of their party. So little part do the electors actuallyhave in choosing the President and the Vice-President thatthe average voter scarcely knows or care
. Government and politics in Virginia . ill continue to vote at the polls not directly forPresident and Vice-President but for presidential electors,this has become a mere form. They actually vote for thecandidates of their party; for when the electors of a par-ticular party are victorious at the polls in any state, theseelectors cannot, when they meet in the electoral college oftheir state, cast their votes for any other than the candi-dates of their party. So little part do the electors actuallyhave in choosing the President and the Vice-President thatthe average voter scarcely knows or cares who they are. ^ When the votes of the electors are counted at Washington,each state is counted as having one vote for each elector towhich it is entitled. The entire electoral vote of any one stateis, howe\cr, usually cast for the candidate of one politicalparty, even though the parties in the state are divided nearlyevenly. For example, if the Democratic party in Virginiahas only a small majority of voters over the Republican party,. (^Copyright, Underwood A Vnderwood) THE PRESIDENT READING HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS ON THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL 188 GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS IN VIRGINIA the Democratic electors will be chosen at the polls instead ofthe Republican electors. These electors will cast all of Vir-ginias twelve electoral votes for the Democratic candidatesfor President and Vice-President. The whole number of electoral votes is 531, for there arein Congress 96 senators and 435 representatives. It requiresa majority of the electoral votes to elect a President or aVice-President. Otherwise, the House of Representativeschooses the President, and the Senate chooses the Vice-President. NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENTBY POLITICAL PARTIES. Party candidates for Presi-dent and for Vice-President are nominated by each of thepolitical parties at its national con\cntion. These conven-tions consist of delegates chosen in the several states eitherby party conventions or at direct
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