by Dipankar
Let me ask you this, theoretically it is possible to win electoral college with under 25% of the popular vote
Theoretically it is possible that the electoral college makes the decision to declare whoever the winner is from their state without considering any type of elections. In past they have split their votes. President is only 1/3rd of the power where people "Sort of " vote. The real power of the people is Congress and Supreme Court. The President is a person who is given the job for 4 years with foreign affairs, defense, economy, etc decisions which sometimes have to be ratified by other top powers (legislature and supreme court).
1. Legislative <-- Congress (Senate and House of Reps)
2. Judicial <-- Supreme court top judge and his 8 judges
3. Executive <--- President
What's going to be interesting is that all three are under Republicans.
The supreme court judge John G Roberts was appointed by George W Bush.
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States,
was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Marie Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979. He served as a law clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1979–1980 and as a law clerk for then-Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist of the Supreme Court of the United States during the 1980 Term. He was Special Assistant to the Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1981–1982, Associate Counsel to President Ronald Reagan, White House Counsel’s Office from 1982–1986, and Principal Deputy Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice from 1989–1993. From 1986–1989 and 1993–2003, he practiced law in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. President George W. Bush nominated him as Chief Justice of the United States, and he took his seat September 29, 2005.
