Electoral Votes
Electoral votes are votes placed by whom?
electors
In 2000, this candidate won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.
Al Gore
How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the presidential election?
270
Where do electors cast their votes?
at their state capitol
This person had 38,000 fewer popular votes than Andrew Jackson but still won the presidential election.
John Quincy Adams
How are electors chosen?
It is up to each state to decide how to choose electors.
This state has the highest number of electoral votes.
California
These two Democrat Republicans received the same amount of electoral votes in 1801.
Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
The number of electoral votes that each state has is determined by what 2 things?
1) the number of representatives from the House of Representatives in a state
PLUS
2) the number of Senators in a state
Who won the popular vote in 2016 but did not become President? About how many more votes did this candidate receive?
1) Hillary Clinton
2) 3 million
What is an elector called that does not vote for the majority candidate in a state?
faithless elector
This is the most common number of electoral votes throughout the states.
3
In the 1888 election, Benjamin Harrison became president though he lost the popular vote by 95,713 votes. Who won the popular vote but lost the election?
Grover Cleveland
Which 2 states are the only ones that are not "winner take all" in terms of how the electoral votes are cast?
1) Nebraska
2) Maine