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

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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

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