Electoral College

How many electoral college votes is needed in order to win the Presidency?

• 100
• 270
• 435
• 538

How does the National Government determine how many electoral college votes each state gets?

• number of senators it has
• number of representatives it has
• by population
• number of representatives and senators it has

What is the purpose of the Electoral College?

• Elect school board members.
• Provide opportunities for kids to attend school.
• Elect the President of the United States.
• Select a baseball team to play in the College World Series.

The U.S. state worth the most amount of Electoral votes. 

• Florida
• Texas
• California
• Ohio

The bigger the ___________________ of a state the more electoral votes a state receives.

• power

• landmass

• population

• influence

Why must candidates pay attention to small states?

• In a close race, its nice to pay attention to small states.
• Candidates don't want to be biased.
• In a close race, the electoral votes of small states matter.
• Small states have the most electoral votes.

The Census is conducted every 10 years to count the total population in the nation. How can the population affect the Electoral College?

• Change the number of electoral votes a state gets

• It can't affect it.

• It can determine the number of Senators each state gets.

Why does Florida have more electoral votes than Pennsylvania?

• Florida has a higher population than Pennsylvania
• Florida had more influence in Congress than Pennsylvania
• Florida has a lower population than Pennsylvania

"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

Select all that apply:

What are the benefits of the electoral college?

• It could potentially prevent "the mob" from electing a dangerous candidate as president.

• It ensures a candidate has wide support across the various geographic regions of the Untied States

• It ensures that a candidate must win the popular vote in order to win the presidency

• It makes small states matter in close elections