Executive Branch: Jobs, Elections, Electoral College

What month of the year are Presidential elections (by the people) held in?

• January

• December

• November

• March

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

Total amount of electoral votes in the electoral college.

• 270

• 538

• 3

• 269

If a tie occurs in the Electoral College, this part of Congress elects the President.

• Senate

• House of Representatives

• Pentagon

• Ohio

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

• trees

• land

• population

• ceiling fans

Even though Washington, D.C. is not a state, it has three electoral votes.

• True

• False

The state with the most electoral votes is

• Texas

• New York

• California

• New York

Why does California have more electoral votes than Texas?

• California has a higher population than Texas

• California had more influence in Congress than Texas

• California has a lower population than Texas

• California's land area is more than Texas

"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