Electoral College

The purpose of the Electoral College is to

Educate American voters about the election process

Raise campaign funds for Presidential candidates

Elect the U.S. President & Vice-President

Establish rules regarding who can vote

How many electors does each state get?

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

250

320

270

If no one wins the Electoral College, who chooses the next president?

The current President

The U.S. Senate

The U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. House of Representatives

In all but two states the winner of the popular vote statewide gets all the electoral college votes. Which two states do not have that winner-takes-all system?

Maine & Nebraska

Delaware & Wyoming

Pennsylvania & Maine

Which political official is elected through the Electoral College?

Secretary of State

Senators

President

Speaker of the House

Who places the actual vote for president?

Members of Congress

Electors in the Electoral College

The general population

Governor of each State

What is the typical way that states divide their electors between candidates?

Candidate with the most popular votes gets all the electoral votes

Electoral votes are split based on the number of popular votes each candidate receives

Each candidate gets the same number of electors

Each candidate gets to pick how many electors they want

Has there ever been any occasion when a candidate won the Presidency even though he didn't get a majority of the popular votes nationwide?

Yes

In politics, a "safe state" is

A battleground state

A state that could reasonably be won by either the Republican candidate or the Democratic candidate

A state that almost always votes for a particular political party overall

A state where the crime rate is low

Which of these presidents lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College?

Barack Obama

Donald Trump

Abraham Lincoln

RonaldReagan

What is the fewest number of states that could elect a president?

A state’s electoral votes are determined by the number of representatives and senators it has in Congress.

True

False

The size of a state’s congressional delegation in the House of Representatives is determined by its …

Which state has the most electoral votes?

Wyoming

Texas

Florida

California

Presidential candidates most of their time and money campaigning in

Safe states

Swing states

Does the U.S. Census taken every ten years have any affect on the Electoral College?

Yes

How many electoral votes does the State of Ohio currently have?

Which document mandates the Electoral College process?

Declaration of Independence

U.S. Constitution

Gettysburg Address

Articles of Incorporation

Electoral College

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