the electoral college is your vote worth anything?
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The Electoral CollegeIs your Vote worth Anything?
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UEQ and LEQ
•UEQ: IS the United States a true democracy?
•LEQ: Why was the Electoral College created and is it necessary in our country today?
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Vocabulary
•Winner-Take-All•Elector•Electoral College
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Warm Up•Electoral College Reading: Answer
Questions▫What are most Americans not aware of?▫Who do voters actually vote for?▫How are the number of electors in each state
picked?▫When does the new president actually get
elected by the electors?▫What happens if an election is close?▫Based on what you read, does your vote
count?
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On Election Day
•Election day for both general and primary elections is the first Tuesday, after the first Monday of November.▫Usually around November 3
•Popular Vote▫The votes of citizens, go toward picking
electoral college.•Electoral Vote
▫Votes of electors that vote for the candidate
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The Electoral College•Citizens do not vote for the President.•Citizens vote for electors- people who vote
for the candidate citizens voted for.•Described by the Constitution, the electors’
votes in the end pick the President.•The Election Process: Explained through Pa
per
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4 Steps of the Electoral CollegeStep 1: The States•The number of representatives and senators
in each state determine elector numbers.▫Total elector number = 538
•Ex. Iowa has 5 representatives and 2 senators▫Number of electors = 7
•States with large populations have more electors.
•So candidates only really need to win large states.
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The States
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Step 2: Elector Lists
•Before each presidential election, both parties make a list of electors that will vote in each state.
•Each election the list of electors is different.▫Electors are higher members of society,
doctors, lawyers, teachers, mayors, judges•Electors promise to vote for the parties
candidate.
•So on election day you vote for a candidate’s team of electors.
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Step 3: Election Day•Election day citizens vote, election night
everyone sees who won each state.•“Winning” a state means a candidates
electors won.•The winning electors can then cast their
votes.•270 to Win
▫When a candidate gets 270 electoral votes, he or she wins the election, even if it is not over.
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Step 4: Weeks After Election
•The candidate that wins is not President the day after the election.
•Electoral College voting takes place weeks later.
•By law an elector of a winning candidate can vote for the other candidate.
•Congress counts elector votes, out of 538 votes, 270 electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency.
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Major Problem•Winner-Take-All
▫Citizens votes (popular votes) don’t count in an election.
▫A candidate that has more popular votes will not necessarily win the most electoral votes.
▫By winning big electoral vote states, a candidate can easily win.
▫Ex. George Bush had 500,000 less popular votes than Al Gore but had 271 electoral votes to Gore’s 267.
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Review
•In your own personal opinion, do you think that your vote counts at all today? Explain your answer.
•Read over the 2 part electoral college reading, answer the questions below to help you review what you just learned.