electoral collage

Question 1

each state gets votes based on ______

Answer 1

population

Question 2

how many votes per each senator

Answer 2

2

Question 3

one vote per state for each member in the ________________

Answer 3

house of representatives

Question 4

changes based on census data every 10 years. Reallocation of House Representatives based on changes in population (some states gain, some states lose, some stay same)

Answer 4

Reapportionment

Question 5

how do you get all the votes in a state

Answer 5

you win majority

Question 6

how are electors chosen for the electoral college

Answer 6

winning party

Question 7

electoral college Usually agrees with winner of the

Answer 7

popular vote

Question 8

Candidates may focus on moderate message to appeal to

Answer 8

swing states

Question 9

• Candidates can’t ignore the __________________ states

Answer 9

small pop states

Question 10

the system has always worked

Answer 10

it’s stable

Question 11

Electoral college makes the margin of victory look wider, which empowers the president to pursue campaign promises

Answer 11

“mandate”

Question 12

benefits:

Answer 12

swing states get attention, smaller states aren’t ignored, stable, usually agrees with pop vote

Question 13

sometimes the electoral college cannot make up it’s mind and ______

Answer 13

has no majority

Question 14

Winner of EC has _________ popular vote many times (recent ex: 2000, 2016)

Answer 14

lost

Question 15

Candidate’s ignore _____________ (states that party has won last 4 or more times)

Answer 15

safe states

Question 16

People’s votes aren’t _______________ (EC favors and boosts small states)

Answer 16

equal

Question 17

_____________________________: EC voters don’t have to vote for state’s winning candidate

Answer 17

faithless electors

Question 18

• ___________ & ___________ states get too much attention
  & issues tailored to them

Answer 18

swing, small

Question 19

_______________________: too complex, weird, unfair, etc

Answer 19

voters are turned off

Question 20

______________________________: Winner-take-all system makes it nearly impossible for 3rd party candidates

Answer 20

third parties screwed

Question 21

cons:

Answer 21

third parties, voters turned off, too much attention small & swing, faithless electors, pop vote lost, ties

Question 22

changing the electoral college requires ______________ to change (really hard to do)

Answer 22

constitutional amendment

Question 23

collectivly benefits __________ guaranteed at least 3 votes ( so at least they have some say)

Answer 23

small states

Question 24

no __________ on how to reform electoral college (all systems have draw backs)

Answer 24

agreement

Question 25

what is the electoral college?

Answer 25

a group of people appointed by each state to elect the president/ vice presodent

Question 26

how many electors?

Answer 26

538, total voting membership of congress

Question 27

how many electoral votes to win?

Answer 27

270