The Numbers!
Massachusetts has this many votes
11 votes
Is the Electoral College mentioned in the Constitution?
yes
A term is this many years
4 years
How many electoral college votes are there?
538 votes
Numerical difference between California's and Pennsylvania's number of EC votes
Alaska-3, Penn-19, Rhode Island-3, Nebraska-5, California-54, Arizona-11
35
The number of total people in the EC
538 people
Founders of the EC
Founding Fathers
What three states have the most electoral votes?
California, Texas, and Florida
To win the election takes this many EC votes
270
Alaska has this many votes
3 votes
*DAILY DOUBLE*
The US Constitution has this many amendments
27
Occupation that prohibits becoming part of EC
"No Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector." - Article II, Section 1
The states that allow their EC votes to be split among candidates.
Maine and Nebraska
A candidate wins a state this way
popular vote within the state
What two states do not use the winner-take-all system?
Nebraska and Maine
Why is three the minimum number of electoral votes of a state?
Each state has two senators and at least one representative from the House of Representatives.
Recent occasion where popular vote did not win presidency
Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in 2016
What is the number of votes needed from the senators to elect the vice president in the case of a tie?
51 votes
A person that votes differently than their original intention
Faithless Voter
What is a swing state?
A state in where no particular party dominates, they swing back and forth each election
What amendment led to the 3 electoral votes of the District of Columbia?
the 23rd amendment
The EC can only be changed in this way
an amendment to the constitution
How old do you have to be to vote?
18
You must meet these requirements to run for President
35 years old
US resident for at least 14 years
natural-born citizen of US
What voting system do states have for choosing electors?
Popular vote