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© 2019 Constitutional Rights Foundation 1 270 Votes to Win THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY: GOVERNANCE 270 Votes to Win: The Electoral College in the United States Overview Standards and Topics Topics: presidential elections, Electoral College, 12th Amendment, voting Objectives

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Page 1: 270 Votes to Win:: The Electoral College in the U.S. · 2020-03-24 · Option #2: Amend the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College and switch to a majority popular vote with

© 2019 Constitutional Rights Foundation 1 270 Votes to Win

THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY: GOVERNANCE

270 Votes to Win: The Electoral College in the United States

Overview

Standards and Topics

Topics: presidential elections, Electoral College, 12th Amendment, voting

Objectives

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/Slavery-Electoral-College.pdf

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/Slavery-Electoral-College.pdf

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/270-Votes-to-Win-H1.pdf

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/270-Votes-to-Win-H2.pdf

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Procedure

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Materials

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/270-Votes-to-Win-H1.pdf

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/270-Votes-to-Win-H1.pdf

https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/challenge/270-Votes-to-Win-H2.pdf

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HANDOUT A

270 Votes to Win: The Electoral College in the United States

Origins of the Electoral College

The instructions on this Summit County, Ohio absentee ballot – from the 2012 presidential election – explain that the voter is choosing electors associated with a certain ticket.

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Changes Under the 12th Amendment

The Electoral College Today

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+Examples of Close Plurality Winner-Take-All Results from the 2016 Presidential

Election

Electoral

College Votes

% of Popular Vote

Trump (R)

% of Popular Vote

Clinton (D)

All Electoral College

votes awarded to:

Michigan 16 47.6 47.3 Trump

Minnesota 10 45.4 46.9 Clinton

Writing & Discussion

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HANDOUT B

What Should We Do About the Electoral College?

Arguments Against the Electoral College

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Arguments in Favor of the Electoral College

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Possibilities for abolishing or changing (or keeping) the Electoral College

Option #1: Amend the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College and switch to a national popular vote.

Option #2: Amend the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College and switch to a majority popular vote with a run-off election.

Option #3: Keep the Electoral College, but urge states to switch to district electoral votes.

Option #4: Urge states to adopt the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

Option #5: Retain the Electoral College as it is.

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