8.2 electing the president

Where does the 538 come form in total number of votes possible?

#of reps + #of senators + District of Columbia

How do we know how many electors each state gets?

#of reps + #of senators = #of electoral votes

Under the original system how many votes do electors have?

2

In what year did the 12th amendment take place and what does it do?

1804, and it makes it so that they are specifically running to be president/ Vice President and makes people have to cast separate ballots.

3. If the house votes for the president, and some members of the house favor a strong third party candidate it might be hard for any candidate to win _____________ votes.

26

How many votes does a candidate need to win the election when the house is voting?

26 votes

How many votes does a candidate normally need to win the election?

270/538

Presidential elections occur every __ years

4

What happens if someone doesn't have majority in a election?

A run off goes to the House and they vote where each state gets one vote

The ticket

A state that. Has specific person running for president/ Vice President

4. One proposed reform of the electoral college system is to chose electors from _____________________.

Congressional districts

Third party candidate

Could win enough electoral votes to prevent either majority party candidate from te viewing majority of the votes

6. The new president, called the ______________ until the inauguration, takes office at noon on January ______.

Elect- president, 20th

5. One problem with doing away with the electoral college is that it would undermine _______________ because the states would be their role in the choice of president .

Federalism

Winner takes all

If a candidate wins the largest number of popular votes, that person receives all the states electoral votes.

What is the least a amount of electors a state can have and what are some examples?

Least amount is 3 electors such as states like Delaware, Vermont, Alaska, and Montana are

2. In the electoral college a third party candidate could possibly win enough votes to prevent either ____________ from receiving the majority of votes.

Major party candidate

Elector

Member of a party chosen in each state to formally elect the president and Vice President

What 2 states are not win and take all states

Nebraska 1/1/3 -> 3 congressional districts Maine 1/3 -> 2 congressional districts

before changes were made in the system did electors always have to vote for the candidate the people wanted them to vote for?

No because they were nervous that everyday citizens didn't have the knowledge they need to are the right choice when voting, so electors would vote for how they think was right.

Electoral College

Provided that each state would choose electors according to s method the state legislature set up

12th Amendment (popular vote)

Requires that electors cars separate ballots for president and Vice President

The largest amount of electors a state can have and emaple

The largest is California with 53 reps and 2 senators which is a total of 55 electors. Texas is the second largest .

Electoral vote

The official vote for president and vie president by electors in each state

What was a problem with the original system?

They selected who they believed should be president and they did not select a Vice President so who ever won was president and the runner up became the Vice President which wasn't good because they have different viewpoints on situations and different ideas. When or if the president died and the Vice President took over they would have to start all over because of their opposite views.

1. According to the ___________________ weakness, the electoral college system is unfair to those who vote for losing candidate, since the party who candidate receives the popular vote in any state wins all the states electoral votes.

Winner takes all

Is the electoral college an indirect way of electing a president?

Yes, because you are voting for electoral votes and no directly for the president, in each state the people are technically voting for electors that represent that person/party.

Who actually votes for the president?

electors