Electoral collage Flashcards
What is the Electoral College?
It is a method of indirect popular election of the president
How is the number of electors determined?
Each state gets their number of representatives in congress.
Explain how the Electoral College is different from a popular election.
In the electoral collage you vote for people pledged to vote for a candidate. In popular election you vote for a candidate
What is a faithless elector
It is when the electors vote for another person that they did not pledge to.
How are Maine and Nebraska different from the other 48 states when it comes to the Electoral College?
They use a district method for some of there allocated electors.
How many Electoral College votes does someone need to become president?
At least 270
Remember your amendments. If there are 435 members of the House of Representatives and 100 members of the Senate, why are there 538 electors?
People in washington can vote
What is an absolute majority?
if you get more than half
