Post on 02-Jan-2016
ELECTORAL COLLEGE
WHY?
NOT ENOUGH INFO ON ALL OF THE CANIDATES
REAL REASONS:
1DIDN’T TRUST THEAVERAGE PERSON
2NOT SMART
ENOUGH
3PROTECT SMALL
STATES
HOW MANY ELECTORAL
VOTES DOES EACH STATEHAVE:
BASEd ON:
REPRESENATATIONIN CONGRESS
1 ONE FOR EACH REPRESENTATIVE435
2 ONE FOR EACH SENATOR
3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TOTAL
100
3
538
SENATORS + REPRESENTATIVES= ELECTORS
IT’S A MATHMATICAL EQUATION
S + R = ELECTORS
IF A STATE HAS 8 REPRESENTATIVESHOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = ELECTORS2+ 8 = e2+8=10
IF A STATE HAS 5 REPRESENTATIVESHOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = ELECTORS2+ 5 = e
2+5=7 ELECTORS
IF A STATE HAS 14 REPRESENTATIVESHOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = ELECTORS2+ 14 = e2+14=16 ELECTORS
IF A STATE HAS 2 REPRESENTATIVESHOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = ELECTORS2+ 2 = e
2+2=4 ELECTORS
IF A STATE HAS 8 ELECTORAL VOTESHOW MANY REPS
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = E2+ R = 8
R=6
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
IF A STATE HAS 15 ELECTORAL VOTESHOW MANY REPS
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = E2+ R = 15
R=13
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
IF A STATE HAS 11 ELECTORAL VOTESHOW MANY REPS
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = E2+ R = 11
R=9
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
IF A STATE HAS 44 ELECTORAL VOTESHOW MANY REPS
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = E2+ R = 44
R=42
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
IF A STATE HAS 25 ELECTORAL VOTESHOW MANY REPS
WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!S + R = E2+ R = 25
R=23
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
HOW MANY ARE NEEDEDTO WIN?????
WHAT IS HALF OF 538?538 DIVIDED BY 2
270
MAXIMUM A STATE HAS
CALIFORNIA
HOW MANY?
55
WHY SO MANY ?33.8 MILLION PEOPLE
SO HOW MANYREPRESENTATIVES
DO THEY HAVE?
53
WHAT IS THE CAPITaL OF CALIFORNIA
ASU
is
Terrible!
MINIMUM A STATE HAS
3
THERE ARE SEVERAL
ALASKA,DEL, WY, MONT,ND,SD, VERMONT
WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM
IF YOU WIN THE OVERALLPOPULAR VOTE IN A STATE
YOU WIN ALL OF THEELECTORAL VOTES48 / 50 STATES
USE IT
THE 2 STATE THAT DON’TARE:
MAINE AND
NEBRASKA
ABOUT THE ELECTORS
CHOSEN BY:
EACH POLITICAL PARTY
Constitution bans:
Any person holdingAn office of trust
Or profitPostmanLobbyist
Any federal employee
Time to voteOn the Monday following
The 2nd Wednesday ofdecember
Where do they vote:
State capitols
1 vote for pres.1 vote for vp
To prevent favortism:
Electors must voteFor 1 person outsideOf your home state
Votes are thenSent to congress and Read by the president
Of the senate on:
Jan 6th
State capitols
When:
Where:
Pres and vp are swornIn on jan 20 12:00 noon
In case of a tieFor president:
1. Decided in the house of reps
2.Out of the top 3candidates
3. One vote per state
Vice president
Chosen in the senate
1.
2.Out of the top 2candidates
Has it ever happened:Election of: 1800-t j
1824 john q. adamsElection of:
Problems with theElectoral college
1. Pres could beselected w/o
winningthe popular vote
2. Accountability of electors
Electors are not required to vote for the party they have pledged to vote for
If you do not voteFor the candidate Your Suppose to you are considered:
A maverick or faithless voter
3.3rd party candidates are not promoted
Why?
Takes away from the 270 needed to
win
Proposed reforms of The Electoral college
2 votes for winning the overall popular vote in the state
District plan
Remaining votes areThen divided into
districtsThey then vote in accordance w/ pop vote in each district
Proportional planStraight
percentage %
10 votes up for grabsYou win 60 % of the
Vote you get 6 electoral votes
3. Direct electionPopular vote
winner wins the election
What do we need toMake a change?
Constitutional amendment
Under the district plan in arizona if a candidate wins 5 districts he would most likely receive how many electoral
votes? 7
Under our current system if candidate a recieves 32 % of
the voteb=31%c=34%
who would receive arizona’s 10 votes
c
presidencyQualifications:
Age: 35
Natural born
14 yearsnone
citizenship:
residency:schooling:
Salary:
400,000+ +
Total+Term of office:
100,000 50,000
550,000
4 years- 2 terms-22nd amendment
Powers of the president
military Commander in chief
Send troops for 60 days w/o congressional
approval
War powers resolution of 1973
Diplomatic powersMake treaties w/
foreign nations w/senate approval
Accept other countries ambassadors
Legislative powersRecommend legislationDoes so at the “state of
theunion “ address
Veto bills
Can be overturnedWith a 2/3
Congressional vote
Call special sessions Of congress
Why would he do this?
War, emergency situations
Judicial powersGrant :
Reprieves- to postpone punishment
Pardons-
ForgiveYou of your crime
Reduce the length ofthe sentence
amnesty-
Pardon a largegroup
Commute sentence
Appointing And removal powers
Cabinet members
ambassadorsSupreme court judges
Presidential succession
Outlined in the 25th amendment
This occurs if thePresident is removed from
Office or is unable to Perform his duties
vp- decides to startThe process
Congress makes the final decision
This is what it looks like:
1. vp
2.
3.
4.
5.6.
Speaker of the house
President pro tempore
Sec of state
Sec of treasury
Sec of defense
#15
Sec of veterans affairs
BEAR DOWN ARIZONA