Electoral College Quiz

What is the Electoral College?

• A college for learning how to vote.
• The name for the people who actually choose our President.
• A college where all the electors go to learn about voting for the President.
• Where presidential candidates go to school before running for President.

How many people are in the Electoral College?

• 535
• 270
• 435
• 538

How many minimum total electoral votes are required to become POTUS?

• 270
• 100
• 300
• 435

Who decides who will be president if that number is not achieved?

• The voters
• Congress
• The Senate
• The House of Representatives

How many electoral votes does Ohio have? (as of new census 2020)

• 20
• 17
• 18
• 22

When we vote for the POTUS, who are we actually voting for?

• the president
• the electors in the Electoral College that represent each candidate's party
• the vice president
• all of the above

Why do we have the Electoral College?

• It's what the Federalists wanted.
• It's what the Anti-Federalists wanted.
• It was a compromise as some of the framers didn't trust the people to make the "right decision."
• Congress created it.

Why is Ohio such an important state for presidential candidates?

• It's a safe state.
• It has the most electoral votes.
• It has always voted for the same political party.
• It's a swing state and has a lot of electoral votes.