Unit 5

1. What is an at-large election? Who is elected in an at-large election?

• Candidates are elected to represent an entire area, such as a city or county, rather than a specific district.
• An at-large is a whole. For example, statewide. All voters from each state like the Constitution vote for the at-large.

• At-large elections are only used for state-level positions.
• At-large elections are only held in odd-numbered years.

What is a local district election? Who is elected in a local-area district election?

• CEOs and CFOs are elected in a local-area district election.
• Judges and Attorneys are elected in a local-area district election.
• Senators and Governors are elected in a local-area district election.
• The local district election is an election where voters in a specific district vote.

What is gerrymandering?

• The process of counting votes in an election
• A type of dance popular in the 1800s
• Gerrymandering is boundaries for House seats (called districts) are drawn by the state legislature to benefit the majority. Party.

• A term used to describe fair and unbiased elections

What did the Apportionment Act do?

• Determined the number of Supreme Court justices based on state population.
• The Apportionment Act increases the size of the house to 243 seats.

• Established the method for apportioning seats in the Senate based on population census data.
• Implemented a tax on imported goods to fund government operations.

After each census, who decides the number of seats each State should have in the House of Representatives?

• U.S. Census Bureau
• Supreme Court
• President of the United States
• U.S. Congress

Who decides how to draw the boundaries for House districts in California?

• Governor of California
• California State Legislature
• California Supreme Court
• House districts in California.

What are the three rules outlined by Wesberry v. Sanders?

• Random selection of congressional districts
• Apportionment based on land area
• One person, one vote; Roughly equal populations in congressional districts; Apportionment of the House of Representatives by population
• The population needs to be the same size, and same one piece for the three rules outlined by Wesberry v. Sanders.

How many total electoral votes are there in a presidential election?

• 650
• 538
• 435
• 777

1. How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the election?

• 270
• 300
• 250
• 200

Describe how the 23rd Amendment changed the electoral college.

• The 23rd Amendment allowed Washington, D.C. to participate in the Electoral College by granting it electoral votes.
• 11. The 23rd Amendment changed the college because it lets Washington d.c. have 3 electoral votes.

• The 23rd Amendment increased the number of electoral votes per state.
• The 23rd Amendment abolished the Electoral College system.