13.5 – Flashcard
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Total # of electors
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528
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How many electors needed to win
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270
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Who has the most electors ?
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Cali 55
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How many electors does phio have
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18
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Can you win popular vote and lose electoral college ?
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Yes
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One of the ways you can become an elector?
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Party loyalty
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Where do candidates usual hit ?
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Big/swing states
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What is the least amount of votes states can have ?
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3
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No one reaches clear majority
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Plurality
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3 being the least amount , what do they consist of ?
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2 senators 1 house
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How do states get votes ?
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Number of districts plus two senators
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How do states get votes ? Other way
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Number of votes state gets by pop
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Who would have to much power w/o electoral college or informed voters ?
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Congress
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When is the electors last vote ?
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Monday after 2nd Wednesday in December
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Who counts votes ?
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Congress
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Do electors have to vote based on popular vote ?
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No
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Do states have laws against electors voting against popular vote ?
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Yes
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What's a major defect of the electoral college ?
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Prez can lose pop vote but still win
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Where do the votes come from ?
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2 members vote pop. Others vote pop. Vote for each district
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Another electoral college flaw ?
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Any election might be decided by h.o.r
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District plan flaw
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Wouldn't get rid of the possibly that the loser of popular vote could still win
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Proportional plan critics
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It's effect on two party system
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Proportional plan flaw
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If no candidate won over 40% the two runners would have a runoff election
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Direct popular election flaws
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Box stuffing. SO MANY VOTES States would lose role in choosing prez including small states say
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National bonus plan
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No one cares
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National bonus plan
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Keep electoral college intact. 102 electors awarded to pop vote add up to 321 president would win
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Direct pop election
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Majority win
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Proportional plan
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Each candidate would receive some share of states electoral vote as he received in states. Pop. Vote. Would eliminate faithless electors. No winner take all
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District plan 1
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Electors chosen in each same way as me every of congress.
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District plan 2
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Cast their vote in line with state wide popular vote
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District plan 3
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Would do away win winner take all
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Electoral college 1
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People cast ballots for the prez
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Electoral college 2
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Votes are tallied in each state and the candidate who win maj. Wins all states electoral votes
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Electoral college 3
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Candidate must receive majority of electoral votes.
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Electoral college 4
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If no one wins h.o.r decide with each state having one vote
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Electoral college 5
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after votes from whole election tallied. If candidate wins pop. Vote in national election. But loses electoral vote DOES NOT become prez.
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Electoral college 6
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Candidate THAT received the maj. Of electoral vote nationally becomes prez
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Mass of people who cast votes in an election
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Electorate
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People vote for the president and Vice President
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Direct popular election
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System in which presidential electors would be chosen by each of a states congressional districts
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District plan
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A system in which each presidential candidate would receive the same share of a states electoral vote that he or she win in the popular vote
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Proportional plan
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The mass of people who actually cast votes in an election
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Electorate
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A system that would weight the current winner -take-all system in favor of the winner of the popular vote
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National bonus plan
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Today each state presidential electors are chose by
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The political parties
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If there is a tie in the electoral vote for prez
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The h.o.r chooses between the two candidates
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Not a defect in the electoral college system
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The result is usually not know for weeks or months after the popular vote
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The major critistm of the proportional plan is that it would
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Weaken the two party system
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Direct popular election is unlikely to be adopted because
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All of the above
