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The Electoral College How the President gets elected

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The Electoral College

How the President gets elected

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If you could would you vote for this person to be the President?

This is exactly why we have the Electoral College system in place

The Framers of the Constitution feared the masses ability to elect a person who might bring down the nation

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The U.S. Constitution

Article II of the Constitution spells out how the President will be elected

The idea of an Electoral College system was to create a safety net so that someone who isn’t really

qualified cannot become President of the U.S.

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Political PartiesA Political party is an organization of people who hold similar views

They come together to work to put their ideas into law

1 of the most important elections is the Presidency

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Political PartiesEach political party will hold a primary (or first election) to determine which candidate will represent their party in the General Election

In the general election eligible Americans vote for the next President of the United States

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Electoral CollegeHow does it work?

After the General Election takes place the electors from each state cast their votes for the President and Vice President

There are 538 total electoral votes

To become President you must earn 270 electoral votes

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How did the get the number 538 Electoral Votes?

35 members of the House of Representatives among the States, based on the current population. 100 members in the senateEach State gets at least 3 electoral votes 1 electoral vote for each of its Representatives in the House, and 1 electoral vote for each of its two Senators.The District of Columbia has 3 electoral votes because the 23rd Amendment granted it the same number of votes as the least populated State.

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How do you determine the number of electoral votes for each state?

The number of electoral votes allotted to each State is equivalent to the number of Representatives and Senators that each State sends to Congress.

New york has 31 members in congress

2 in the Senate 29 in the House of Representatives

New York has 31 ELECTORAL VOTES

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Winner Take All

In 48 of the 50 states the candidate with the most popular votes gets all of the electoral votes of that state

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U.S. Census A census or count of the U.S. population is taken every 10 years .

This is used to determine how many votes each state has in Electoral College.

The distribution of electoral votes among the States can vary every 10 years depending on the results of the United States Census. Example:

1990 census put New York at 33 electoral

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Electoral College

Remember that every vote counts!