Elections & the Electoral College

______________________ is a tally of all votes cast by American citizens on Election Day. 

• Electoral vote
• Popular vote
• Democratic vote
• Republican vote

In order to be declared the winner, a candidate must earn a _________ of the electoral votes. This word means "more than half"...

• average
• minority
• a fractional amount
•  majority

In order to become president, a candidate must receive _____ electoral votes.

• 270
• 538
• 350
• 100

The number of electoral votes for each state is... 

• determined by the number of Senators that state has
• the same for every state
• determined by # of Senators and Congressmen
• determined by the # of Representatives that state has

The state with the most electoral votes is...

• Montana
• New York
• California
• Texas

The total number of electoral votes is...

• 270
• 538
• 645

Why does Florida have more electoral votes than Virginia?

• Florida has a higher population than Virginia
• Florida has more influence in Congress than Virginia
• Florida has a lower population than Virginia
• Florida is an older state and therefore has more influence

"Winner Take All" means that all of a state's electoral votes go to the candidate who had the majority of votes in that state.

• True
• False

How does a state get its amount of electoral votes?

• Multiply the number of senators and representatives in the House.
• # votes is equal to the number of Senators
• Add the number of Senators and Representatives of that state
• # of votes is equal to the number of Representatives

What does it mean when a state is a "swing state"?

• A state's majority most of the time goes for one party only
• When a state has a lot of swing sets
• When a state is in the middle of the country
• When a state's majority sometimes goes to one party then goes to the another party in a different election.