Electoral College

Total amount of electoral votes in the electoral college.

• 270
• 538
• 3
• 269

What is the number needed to be elected President?

• 260
• 270
• 269
• 538

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.

• trees
• land
• population
• ceiling fans

"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

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

• True

• False

In order to vote in U.S. elections, you must be 18 years old, a resident of the state you’re voting in, a citizen of the U.S., and __________?

• A citizen in good standing

• Current on your taxes

• Registered to vote

• A registered member of a political party

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 the Electoral College

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

A state's "Congressional Representation" includes

• both its number of United States Senators and Representatives

• only its number of United States Senators

• Congressional Representation does not include senators or representatives

• only its number of United States Representatives