Electoral College in U.S. Presidential Elections Quiz

To allow Congress to choose the president directly

To ensure every state has equal representation in presidential elections

To have electors cast the official votes for president based on state results

To let the Supreme Court decide the president

100

270

538

435

100

270

538

232

The Declaration of Independence

The Bill of Rights

The Constitution

The Federalist Papers

Every two years

Every four years

Every six years

Every eight years

The candidate with the most votes in a state gets all its electoral votes

Each candidate gets a share of electoral votes based on popular vote

The candidate with the least votes wins all electoral votes

Electoral votes are split evenly among all candidates

The Supreme Court

The House of Representatives

The Senate

The Vice President

An election where only electors vote

An election where the candidate with the most people voting wins

An election decided by Congress

An election decided by the Supreme Court

Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton

Barack Obama

Joe Biden

To make elections faster

To give states the power to help choose the president

To allow Congress to pick the president

To avoid having elections