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WorksheetsIntroduction to the Electoral College
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Every state plus __________________ host an election for the President.
Delegates
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Electors
Election day is the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in November.
True
False
The Electoral College system is a ______________________ system.
Political Party
Winner minus 3 electoral votes
Delegate
Winner take all
Presidential candidates on election day:
Candidate A - receives 58,789,456 votes and 256 electoral votes.
Candidate B - receives 55,578,235 votes and 282 electoral votes.
Who is the next President?
Candidate A
Candidate B
Neither, the House of Representatives has to vote to see who wins
Candidate A and candidate B will become the Vice President
All state participate in the winner take all system.
True
False
What determines the electoral votes each state is allotted?
The Electoral College + number of delegates from each state
538 Electoral votes - 270 Electoral Votes
Number in the House of Representatives + Each states district numbers
Number in the House of Representatives + Senate
In the Electoral College system, the goal is to ____________________________.
win more states
win the popular vote
win more states and have more support in the Legislative Branch
have indirect voting
Evaluate the map above. Who became the next President and why?
Al Gore, because he won the popular vote by nearly 400,000 votes
Al Gore, because he had 267 electoral votes and won the popular vote
George W. Bush, because had 271 electoral votes
Neither man won the election initially. The race was too close, so the House of Representatives had to vote to pick the winner
All the following are true about the Electoral College system except____________. Pick all that apply.
Their are 51 elections that take place on election day for the President.
You can lose in the electoral votes as long as you win the popular vote
Georgia has 14 electoral votes on election day
Puerto Rico is allowed to have 3 electoral votes
It is not a direct election
Historically, the reasons the Founding Father chose the Electoral College system as the system in which we elect our President was _________________. Pick all that are true:
The general public lacked fundamental knowledge of pressing issues in their region, so someone who was educated should vote on their behalf.
Most people couldn't travel very far.
It gave small states political pull.
it contributed to the cohesiveness of the country by requiring a distribution of popular support to be elected President.
