Electoral College Summary. 1  Votes cast by the people of the United States -- known as the popular vote -- are used to choose the president and vice president indirectly through the Electoral College.2  Popular votes cast in the presidential election are actually being cast for a number of electors.he Framers of the Constitution wanted to make sure the people were given direct input in choosing their leaders and saw two ways to accomplish this: 1. The people of the entire nation would vote for and elect the president and vice president based on popular votes alone. A direct popular election.
El Paso is a country and western ballad written and originally recorded by Marty Robbins, and first released on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs in September 1959.
This was written in 1952 by Chilton Price, Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King. Stewart was the lead singer of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, who were a popular Country act and regulars at the Grand Ole Opry.he original version of the song was recorded by Sue Thompson on Mercury's country label. It was soon covered by Patti Page, whose version was issued by Mercury, with I Went to Your Wedding (a bigger Patti Page hit, reaching #1) on the flip side.