Government Chapter 13.5 – The Election and Presidential Selection – Flashcards
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What were three methods of presidential election discussed by the Framers
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Election or selection by congress Popular Vote Electoral College
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How did Framers arrange for the electors to choose the President and Vice President
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cast a vote for two diff candidates and most votes = president and least = vice
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Why did the framers chose this method of electing the president
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The framers created the Electoral College, because they didn't trust the people to make electoral decisions on their own. They wanted the president chosen by what they thought of as "enlightened statesmen".
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What type of person did they envision as an elector
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The most enlightened and respectable citizen
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How did the rise of political parties affect the electoral college
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There was a Federalist president (John Adams) and a Democratic-Republican vice-president (Jefferson) And there were ties....
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How did the election of 1800 lead to passage of the 12th amendment
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Because of a tie between Jefferson and Burk, the 12th Amendment separates the presidential and vice presidential choice
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Presidential Electoral
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A person elected by the voters in to represent them in making the decision of VP and President.
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Electoral College
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A group selected by the states to elect the president and the vice-president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators and representatives in Congress
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Electoral College How it Works
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Each state gets as many votes as there are representatives and senators
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Electoral College Flawa
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Winner of the popular vote might not win the presidnecy. Winner take all Winner of popular vote did not win presidency 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000 You can the win all the electoral votes but only 51% of the popular vote: Ohio has 20 E.V. Voting population 7.7 mil In 2004, GB won by 51% but recieved ALL EVotes Winner takes all
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District Plan
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Two electors would be selected in each State according the Statewide popular vote and the other electors would be selected separately in each of the State's congressional districts.
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District Plan (Flaws???)
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The winner of the popular vote may not win the electoral vote
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Proportional PLan
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Candidates would receive the same percentage of a State's electoral vote as he or she receives in the State's popular vote
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Proportional Plan Flaws
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The election may not produce a clear winner, and third parties would gain power.
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Direct Popular Election
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The electoral college would be scrapped and the President and Vice President would be elected by direct popular vote.
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Flaws to Direct Popular Election
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It requires a Constitutional amendment, would weaken federalism, small states would oppose it, and it might not produce a clear winner if a majority were required.
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The National bonus plan
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Electoral votes would be allotted State by State, as they are now, on a winner-take-all basis, but a national pool of 102 electoral votes would be awarded automatically to the winner of the popular vote. If there were a tie, there would be a run-off election between the two top contenders in the popular vote.
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The Flaws to the National BOnus Plan
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This plan is not well known or understood.
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IN WHICH THREE ELECTIONS HAVE WINNERS OF POPULAR VOTE FAILED TO WIN ELECTORAL VOTES
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2000, 1888, 1876
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ELECTORATE
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All of the people entitled to vote in a given election
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Electoral Colllege Flaw 2
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Nothing in the constitution requires th eelctors to vote for the candidate favored by popular vote. (They have done this 9 times and are known as a faithless elector.
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Flaw 3 of Electoral College
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The house may have to decide the contest This has only happened twice
