The Electoral College is a system where each state is allocated a number of "electoral votes" based on the number of representatives and senators it has. Candidates must receive a majority (270 votes) of the total electoral votes to win the presidency. Most states use a "winner-take-all" system where the candidate who receives the most votes in that state gets all of its electoral votes. Two exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which divide some electoral votes among congressional districts. The electors then formally cast their votes, and if no candidate receives a majority, the House of Representatives decides the election. While the Electoral College system can result in a president being elected despite losing the nationwide popular vote, it also encourages candidates
A slideshow explaining the electoral college with the information from the 2004 election information as the focus. An update needs to be made for the 2008 election.
A slideshow explaining the electoral college with the information from the 2004 election information as the focus. An update needs to be made for the 2008 election.
US presidential selection: the Electoral College challenged (again)Keiko Ono
Constitutional design for selecting the chief executive
Historical evolution since 1789
The Electoral College
How it works today
Implications and criticism
Alternatives
Reapportionment and post-2020 projections
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The US presidential election follows a unique process called the Electoral College. When the Founders drafted the Constitution, they set out different voting procedures for each of the elected branches of government. The House of Representatives was elected directly by voters in specific geographic districts: the Senate was elected by the members of the state legislatures: and the president was elected by an entirely different body called the Electoral College.
The Electoral College is made up of electors from each state. The number of electors each state receives is based on its total number of representatives in Congress, that is, the number of members it has in the House of Representatives, plus its two senators. For states with very small populations such as Wyoming and Rhode Island, which have only one member in the House of Representatives, the Electoral College amplifies their influence in the presidential election by adding their two senators, for a total of three Electoral College votes. For large population states such as California and Texas, the addition of two senators to a large number of representatives in the House (53 for CA, 36 for TX), does not increase their political influence significantly.
The Electoral College reflects the compromises that the Framers of the Constitution struggled with in regard to issues of representation, in that both population size through the House of Representatives delegation, as well as equality among the states through the Senate are taken into account. In practice, however, it is neither the largest nor smallest states that hold the most important sway in the Electoral College; it is the “battleground states” that may determine the ultimate outcome of the presidential election in any given year.
Electoral College Votes Allotted by State and District, 2012
A great deal of attention is focused on the “red” vs. “blue” states in the Electoral College map in every presidential election. But in fact the most attention is reserved for the handful of states — usually eight to ten — that will make the difference in reaching the magic number of 270 Electoral College votes for one candidate or the other, and thereby determine the winner of the US presidency.
The total number of Electoral College votes is 538. This is made up of the 435 votes based on the membership of the US House of Representatives, plus the 100 votes from the Senate. Another three Electoral College votes are given to Washington, DC. This is provided for by the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution to ensure that residents of the nation’s capital are represented in presidential elections. A majority of 270 Electoral College votes is therefore needed to win the presidency.
Nearly all states follow the unit rule, meaning that they award all of their Electoral College votes to the candidate who wins the most votes in that state. This is truly a “winner-take-all” system, in which the candidate with a plurality of the vote takes the entire ele ...
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2. What is it?? Text book definition: A unique American institution , created by the Constitution, providing for the selection of the president by electors. Simpler Definition: States put in the final vote for president based on their individual population’s majority vote.
3. How it works… States are given a number of electoral votes equal to the number of members in Congress (# of Representatives + # of Senators) Ex. Wisconsin has 8 Representatives and 2 Senators. Therefore, Wisconsin has 10 electoral votes. A candidate must receive a majority of at least 270 electoral college votes to win The states have their general elections, and by the winner-take-all rule, the majority vote of that state’s population gets all the votes of the electoral college. This is what happens in 48 states, but there are two outcasts who think differently…
4. Maine and Nebraska The overall state majority vote winner gets the two Senate electoral college votes. Each congressional district in the state is given one electoral college vote and the winner of the majority of that district gets the vote. Ex. Nebraska, 2008: John McCain won the two Senate electoral college votes for the overall state and also two of three congressional districts and Barrack Obama won the third congressional district.
5. Activity: Mac vs PC Get up and go sit next to someone at a different table that you aren’t next to right now. Everyone will be split into groups of 4 (2 groups) or 5 (2 groups) and assigned a state. Each group pick one person to be the group leader. The states are: -Group 1 (5) -Group 2 (5) -Group 3 (5) -Group 4 (Nebraska) (5) Now vote for Mac or PC and your group leader will record the results and figure out who gets the electoral votes. If you’re Nebraska, three people will represent a congressional district, one electoral vote each. Group leader will report electoral college results to the class.
6. Who Won? The electors get together in their respective state capitol buildings and send in their votes to the vice president. The votes are then counted when the new congressional session opens in January and results are reported back by the vice president. If a majority is not met by any candidates, the House of Representatives vote for the president, choosing between the top three electoral vote winners. Each state gets 1 vote. This has not been done since 1824.
7. What About the Small States? Every state automatically gets 2 electoral votes for each Senator, but the rest is based on population. This causes less populated states, such as Wyoming, to be overrepresented. These smaller states, however, tend to be very useful for a candidate if they win a most of them.
8. What are elections supposed to accomplish? Elections are supposed to accomplish 2 tasks… Select the policymakers Shape public policy through those policymakers
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10. How do policies affect elections? People often make voting decisions based on the policies the incumbent has supported. If they feel that the policies of the incumbent are working then the incumbent will most likely be re-elected. If they feel the policies of the incumbent are not working well they will often elect the opponent. This is called retrospective voting. 2010 House Map 2008 House Map
11. How do policies affect elections (cont.) Politicians going against an incumbent will often blame any current problems such as the economy on the incumbent. Usually in times of economic troubles, voters will turn to new leadership and for that reason incumbents will have a hard time getting re-elected.
12. Elections and the Scope of government Voters know that they can throw the government out at the next election and therefore feel that the government is more responsive to their needs. This is what makes democracy successful. The people feel that the government is serving them as opposed to the people serving the government such as in a dictatorship or monarchy. Voters like to be able to send a message to their government via elections.