Electoral College: JROTC Flashcards
Which two states go by the winner takes all?
Nebraska and Maine
In the entire United States what are all of the votes valid?
538
How many congressman does the state of Hawaii have?
4
How many electoral votes does Florida have?
29
How does an indirect Democracy work?
Whoever gets the most votes in that state gets all the votes for that state
How does a presidential candidate win?
They must get more than half of the 538 electoral votes in the US.
Who are Hawaii’s two senators?
Brian Schatz and Marie Hirono.
What is a direct democracy?
When a presidential candidate wins from popular vote.
Which is the largest state? Texas or California?
Texas is larger than California.
How does the tiebreaker occur?
The house of representatives the side. Each state receives one vote (representatives each each state will vote together)
Who is one actually voting for?
A slate of electors who promised to vote for your preferred candidate
Does Washington DC get any electoral votes? Why? Why not?
Washington DC gets three electoral votes but has no representatives.
How to Nebraska in Maine vote?
They vote by congressional district.
How does voting by congressional district work? Give an example.
Since Nebraska has three congressional districts and two of them are for the Republican party while one is for the Democrat party, then Nebraska will submit one vote for the Democrat in to vote for the Republican. Therefore they submit three votes total.
How many congressional districts does Maine and Nebraska have.
Nebraska has three. Maine has 2.
