CE 5F - ELECTORAL COLLEGE

We use the Electoral College to vote for the:

• Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

• Board of Supervisors for Loudoun County

• President of the United States

• President and Vice President of the United States

The number of electoral votes each state has is based on the number of _____ and representatives in Congress.

• men/women

• judges

• citizens

• senators

So if Ohio has 13 electoral votes, this means the state has ___ senators and ____ representatives in Congress.

• 2; 11

• 7; 6

• 2; 12

• 11; 2

Idaho has 1 representative in Congress. How many electoral votes does Idaho have?

• 5

• 6

• 3

• 1

Each state always has 2 senators. The number of representatives a state has in Congress depends on its:

• location

• physical size

• medium age of its population

• number of people living within the state

Let's say a candidate gets 70% of the vote in a state that has 10 electoral votes. How many electoral votes out of 10 does that candidate win?

• 5

• 4

• 7

• 10

Forty-eight states have such a system. Since the candidate gets all the electoral votes no matter how it's split up, this is known as the:

• "take it or leave it" system

• "winner take all" system

• " best man wins" system

• "go jump in the lake" system

Such a system sometimes means the candidate who wins the most votes throughout the nation still can lose the election. Such a candidate is said to have won the:

• popular vote

• national vote

• state vote

• electoral vote

The magic number of electoral votes a presidential candidate needs to win the election is:

• 183

• 360

• 270

• 555

Due to the nature of the system, candidates tend to target:

• states with a coastline

• less populated states

• states with small electoral votes

• more densely populated states