CE.5f The Electoral College

How does the winner-take-all system affect campaigning?

• Candidates target small states

• Candidates target large states

• Candidates target eastern states

• Candidates target western states

Why must candidates pay attention to small states?

• Candidates don't want to be biased

• Small states have the most electoral votes

• In a close race, its nice to pay attention to small states

• In a close race, the electoral votes of small states matter

Senator Wynn is beginning his campaign for president. While making his plans, he decides to spend more time in California, Texas, and New York. Why?

• Those states have the most Electoral Votes

• He won those in the Primaries

• Those are states he lived in

• They are the easiest to travel to

The Electoral College is used to elect the-

• President and Vice President

• Governors and Lt. Governors

• United States Senators

• United States Representatives

In a winner-take-all system, the candidate who wins receives-

• 90% of the state's electoral votes

• 2/3rds of the state's electoral votes

• half of the state's electoral votes

• all of the state's electoral votes

After the 2016 election, people stated a debate about whether to do away with the Electoral College. An argument in favor of KEEPING the Electoral College would be-

• In a democracy the people rule, so each citizen's vote should be for the candidate, not an elector.

• The Electoral College helps balance power fairly between large and small states

• The Electoral Collège made sense when it was first created but no longer works in modern-day politics

• For the Electoral College to succeed, more funds are needed for secondary education

The Electoral College process favors what type of party system?

• No party

• One party

• Two party

• Multi-party

Virginia has 2 senators and 11 representatives in Congress. How many electoral votes does Virginia have in the Electoral College?

• 2

• 9

• 11

• 13

The number of senators and representatives a state has is equal to that state's-

• Electoral votes

• Popular votes

• Population

• Size

What determines a states electoral votes?

• It's landmass

• It's gross domestic product

• It's population

• It's diversity