What is it?
This group of people elects the president and vice president every four years.
What is a group of people who elect the president and vice president
Citizens
This is the total number of members in the Electoral College
538
If a state has 15 House representatives, how many electoral votes does it have? (Hint: Remember the two additional officials).
What is 17 (15 representatives + 2 senators)?
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
If a candidate wins a state with 10 electoral votes and another with 7 electoral votes, how many total electoral votes do they have from those two states?
What is 17?
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
One benefit of the Electoral College is that it prevents candidates from only campaigning in states with this characteristic
What are large 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?
California has this many electoral votes
54
If Ohio has 17 electoral votes, and a candidate wins Ohio, how many electoral votes do they get from that state?
What is 17
The winner of the presidential election is inaugurated on this date
What is January 20th?
Name one of the benefits of the Electoral College mentioned in the document.
Keeping candidates from only campaigning in states with large populations
Candidates must win the majority of these votes, regardless of the popular vote
What is the majority or the electoral college?
Texas has this many electoral votes
40
A candidate wins California with 54 electoral votes and Texas with 40 electoral votes. How many total electoral votes do they have from these two states?
What is 94 (54 + 40)
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
Describe one step in the Electoral College process after citizens cast their votes.
Electors meet in their states to cast votes in mid-December, OR Congress formally counts electoral votes on January 6, OR the winner is inaugurated on January 20