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user-inactivated · 2749 days ago · link · · parent · post: Congressional candidates stampede to ditch Trump
The house and senate are elected directly, the ballot contains a list of candidates for each office and you pick the one you prefer. The candidate who wins the vote gets the office. The electoral college is only for the president. The ballot also contains the names of the candidates for president, but what you're really voting on is whose party gets to pick the electors that will pick the president.