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What is the Electoral College?
What is the Electoral College?
The Electoral College is a process by which the United States elects its president, consisting of 538 electors from each state and the District of Columbia.
How many electors are there in the Electoral College?
How many electors are there in the Electoral College?
- 538 (correct)
- 500
- 270
- 435
When a U.S. citizen votes for president, they are directly voting for the candidate.
When a U.S. citizen votes for president, they are directly voting for the candidate.
False (B)
It takes ______ electoral votes to win an election.
It takes ______ electoral votes to win an election.
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How are the electors in each state typically chosen?
How are the electors in each state typically chosen?
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What do voters actually cast their votes for during a presidential election?
What do voters actually cast their votes for during a presidential election?
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The Electoral College
- The United States elects its president through a process called the Electoral College.
- The process was created by the founders and is outlined in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
- When citizens vote for president, they are not directly voting for the candidate, but for electors.
- Electors are representatives who have pledged to vote for a specific candidate.
- The Electoral College is a process, not a physical location.
- It consists of 538 electors from each state, determined by the number of representatives in the House of Representatives, senators, and three electors representing the District of Columbia.
- A candidate needs 270 electoral votes out of 538 to win the presidency.
- Each state’s legislature decides how their electors are chosen.
- Political parties in each state nominate a list of electors who pledge to support their party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees.
- During presidential elections, voters choose electors within their states, although their names are not always listed on the ballot.
- Voters who choose a party's candidate for president are actually voting for that party's electors in their state.
- This process is called the popular vote.
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