Mysteries Of the Electoral College

Question 1

Electoral college representative

Answer 1

• each state has electoral votes equal to the number of Congress persons plus two U.S. senator
• California has 55 electoral votes, (53 confess persons, in the House of Representative plus two senators)
• the 23rd amendment (1961) grants the Washington, District of Columbia

Question 2

Electoral College Breakdown

Answer 2

• number of Congress persons 435
  -number of senators 100
  -D.C. Electoral Votes. 3
  Total. 538
  -simple majority need to win (270)

Question 3

Demographic

Answer 3

the statistical study of human populations & sub-populations analyzing characterists such as birth, death, aging, migration

325 million live in the USA

Question 4

United States 2016 Census Data National

Answer 4

• population: 325 mil
• Hispanic: 18%
• African American: 13%
• Asian: 6%

Question 5

Generational Cohort

Answer 5

the group of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval

Question 6

Baby Boomers

Answer 6

Term referring to those born from 1946 to 1964 in the post war baby boom

Question 7

Generation X

Answer 7

Term referring to those born from 1965 to 1984

Question 8

Millennials

Answer 8

Term referring to those born after 1990. The term refers to the year 2000

Question 9

iGens

Answer 9

terms referring to those born after the year 2000. Also called Generation 2