What is it?
last Presidential election was in 2024. when is the next one?
This is the total number of members in the Electoral College
538
give me two states with 3 or less electoral votes
Wyoming, maine, deleware , Vermont, south dakota, north dakota
Electors meet in their states to cast their votes for president and vice president in this month.
What is mid-December
This phrase means a candidate needs more than half of the votes.
What is majority?
When citizens vote for president, they are actually choosing these people.
What are electors?
This is the number of electoral votes a candidate needs to win the election.
270
how many electoral votes does Illinois have
19
On January 6th, this governmental body formally counts the electoral votes
What is Congress
True or False: The popular vote determines the president.
What is False
Why do states like California, Texas, Florida, Illinois, New York have alot of electoral votes
States that have bigger populations
A state's number of electoral votes is based on its total number of House representatives and these other elected officials
What are senators?
A candidate has 260 electoral votes. How many more do they need to win the election?
What is 10?
Electors usually vote for whomever has won this in their state
What is the popular vote
The Electoral College helps prevent candidates from ignoring states with smaller ones of these.
Populations
This is the destination number of votes needed to win the presidency
What is 270?
Washington DC electoral votes
3
Which state has the most electoral votes ? how much ?
California - 54
The winner of the presidential election is inaugurated on this date
What is January 20th?
what is a swing state
a state that could be turned from blue to red or red to blue ... a state that could go either way
how does one win the US presidency
winning electoral college reaching 270
Texas has this many electoral votes
40
Alaska electoral votes + Hawaii Electoral votes =
7. 3+4.
In the event no candidate wins the majority of electoral votes, this group will decide who will become president
What is the House of Representatives
how many times has a president won the majority vote, but loses the election
In U.S. presidential elections, 5 times has a candidate won the popular vote but lost the election under the Electoral College system.