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Official question #49US Citizenship Test
Why is the Electoral College important?
Correct answer
It decides who is elected president.
Also accepted: It decides who is elected president · It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection
Why
Voters in each state choose electors, and the electors formally elect the President. The system was a compromise between a popular vote and having Congress choose the President.
Answer choices
- AIt decides who is elected president.
- BIt chooses the members of the Supreme Court.
- CIt writes the federal budget.
- DIt decides how many senators each state has.