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Sept 13 – Gov – The Electoral CollegeAgenda:Making a ConnectionNotes: The Electoral CollegeHow super is it?
Homework:Page 224-234Begin Ch 7 SG
Take out:Pen/PencilNotebook
Goals:Understand the function of the electoral college
Campaign 2008 Timeline1. Declaration2. Nomination 3. National
Convention4. Fall Campaign
4. Election Day5. Meeting of
electors6. Formal Election7. Inauguration Day
Nomination Phase to win…delegates to
Fall Campaign
Link to video
Establishing a Connection: What is the relationship between the
electoral college and what is written on your PostIt note?
Going to College. . .
The Constitutional mechanism for indirectly electing the President of the United States of America
How it used to work… Electors vote for two people – President and VP POTUS = most votes VPOTUS = second most votes 12th Amendment changed the Electoral College to the way
it works today.
Winner take All* Whoever wins a plurality of the votes in
each state wins ALL of their electoral votes. *Exceptions…
Nebraska and Maine awarded by Congressional Districts
Sometimes there are ‘faithless electors’
Minnesota’s Electoral Shenanigans Minnesota had a ‘faithless
elector’ One elector cast his
Presidential elector vote for ‘John Edwards’
For President Kerry – 9 Edwards – 1
For Vice-President Edwards – 10
26 states have laws against, MN doesn’t
Other faithless electors
Who are the electors? # of electors = # of Representatives + # of
Senators (however the Reps and Senators are NOT the
actual electors) WA DC gets 3 by viture of Amendment 23
chosen by the party as a reward for long-time support & loyalty to their party
In some states the names of the electors appear on the ballot
January 6, 2005 EVs have to arrive in DC by the fourth
Wednesday in December Vice President of the US presides over the
counting of the Electoral Votes in a joint session of Congress
Then, and only then, has the United States officially elected the President of the US
EV Magnifying the Popular Vote
% of pop vote % of EV
2008 – Obama 53% 68%
2004 – Bush 51% 53%
2000 – Bush* 48% 50%
1996 – Clinton 49% 70%
1992 – Clinton 43% 69%
1988 – Bush 53% 79%
1984 – Reagan 58% 98%
Is the Electoral College Equitable? SizeRank
2010 Pop. Pop per Senator
Pop. per Elector
1 California 37,253,956 18,626,978 677,344
2 Texas 25,145,561 12,572,781 661,725
3 New York 19,378,102 9,689,051 668,210
4 Florida 18,801,310 9,400,655 648,321
20 Wisconsin 5,363,675 2,681,838 536,367
21 Minnesota 4,919,479 2,459,740 491,947
30 Iowa 2,926,324 1,463,162 487,720
46 S. Dakota 754,844 377,422 251,614
47 Alaska 626,932 313,466 208,977
48 N. Dakota 642,200 321,100 214,066
49 Vermont 608,827 304,414 202,942
50 D.C. 572,059 Taxation without Representation
190,686
51 Wyoming 493,782 246,891 164,594
Ok…now evaluate. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best,
how SUPER is our electoral process?
Explain your answer.
amount of attention the Bush and Kerry campaigns gave to each state during the final five weeks of the 2004 election.
•each waving hand = a visit from a presidential or vice-presidential candidate during the final five weeks of the election. •each dollar sign represents one million dollars spent on TV advertising by the campaigns during the same time period.
•Data from FairVote's report, "Who Picks the President?"
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