Electoral College/ Important Ch6/Ch10 – Flashcards

The constitution

to vote on the new president

Popular majority, but the winner take all rule gives big states a clout

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President

one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. Minimum of 3 representatives

Maine and Nebraska

In December following the November Elections then mail their vote to President of senators (Vice president)

States with less than 7 electoral college votes are overrepresented in Electoral College

the election is given to House Of Rep. for them to choose from the top 3

They introduce a bias campaign & electoral process

Each state gets 2 electors for its senators regardless of population

voters vote on a law directly. ( a law is on the ballot specifically for people to vote on)

- Bush lost the popular vote by less than 300, but Bush won the Electoral College vote, which is what is needed to win presidency. - A president is not elected by a national popular vote. Presidential elections in the U.S. are not national elections, they are 50 simeltaneous state elections. Every state elects electors. These electors then vote for president. If electors were based on state populations alone, then Gore would have won the national and electoral vote. But electors are not based on population alone. Every state gets a number of electors based on population, plus two more. Its those two more that skew close elections from the national popular vote.

process of reallocating seats its HOR, if the population increases so does the representation

Large population moves regions. If population decreases so does the members of HOR

the belief that my political participation matters

sampling error caller ID Politicians rely way too heavily on polls the wording of questions can change an answer

15- African Americans can vote 19- Women can vote 26- 18 is the legal voting age