ELECTORAL COLLEGE

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ELECTORAL COLLEGE
WHY?
NOT ENOUGH INFO ON ALL OF THE CANIDATES
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REAL REASONS
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DIDNT TRUST THE AVERAGE PERSON
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NOT SMART ENOUGH
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PROTECT SMALL STATES
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HOW MANY ELECTORALVOTES DOES EACH STATEHAVE
BASEd ON
REPRESENATATIONIN CONGRESS
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ONE FOR EACH REPRESENTATIVE
435
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ONE FOR EACH SENATOR
100
3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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538
TOTAL
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SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORS
ITS A MATHMATICAL EQUATION
S R ELECTORS
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IF A STATE HAS 8 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R ELECTORS
2 8 e
2810
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IF A STATE HAS 5 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R ELECTORS
2 5 e
257 ELECTORS
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IF A STATE HAS 14 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R ELECTORS
2 14 e
21416 ELECTORS
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IF A STATE HAS 2 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY
ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R ELECTORS
2 2 e
224 ELECTORS
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IF A STATE HAS 8 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY
REPS WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R E
2 R 8
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
R6
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IF A STATE HAS 15 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY
REPS WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R E
2 R 15
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
R13
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IF A STATE HAS 11 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY
REPS WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R E
2 R 11
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
R9
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IF A STATE HAS 44 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY
REPS WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R E
2 R 44
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
R42
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IF A STATE HAS 25 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY
REPS WILL THEY HAVE??????
DO THE EQUATION!
S R E
2 R 25
MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE
R23
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HOW MANY ARE NEEDED TO WIN?????
WHAT IS HALF OF 538?
538 DIVIDED BY 2
270
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MAXIMUM A STATE HAS
CALIFORNIA
HOW MANY?
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WHY SO MANY ?
33.8 MILLION PEOPLE
SO HOW MANYREPRESENTATIVESDO THEY HAVE?
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WHAT IS THE CAPITaL OF CALIFORNIA
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MINIMUM A STATE HAS
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THERE ARE SEVERAL
ALASKA,DEL, WY, MONT,ND,SD, VERMONT
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WINNER TAKE ALL SYSTEM
IF YOU WIN THE OVERALL POPULAR VOTE IN A
STATE YOU WIN ALL OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES
48 / 50 STATES USE IT
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THE 2 STATE THAT DONT ARE
MAINE AND NEBRASKA
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ABOUT THE ELECTORS
CHOSEN BY
EACH POLITICAL PARTY
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Constitution bans
Any person holding An office of trust Or profit
PostmanLobbyistAny federal employee
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Time to vote
On the Monday following The 2nd Wednesday
of december
Where do they vote
State capitols
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1 vote for pres. 1 vote for vp
To prevent favortism
Electors must voteFor 1 person outsideOf your
home state
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Votes are then Sent to congress and Read by the
president Of the senate on
When
Jan 6th
State capitols
Where
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Pres and vp are sworn In on jan 20 1200 noon
In case of a tie
For president
Decided in the house of reps
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2.
Out of the top 3 candidates
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One vote per state
Vice president
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Chosen in the senate
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2.
Out of the top 2 candidates
Has it ever happened
Election of 1800-t j
Election of
1824 john q. adams
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Problems with the Electoral college
1.
Pres could beselected w/o winningthe popular
vote
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2.
Accountability of electors
Electors are not required to vote for the party
they have pledged to vote for
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If you do not vote For the candidate Your
Suppose to you are considered
A maverick or faithless voter
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3.
3rd party candidates are not promoted
Why?
Takes away from the 270 needed to win
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Proposed reforms of The Electoral college
District plan
2 votes for winning the overall popular vote in
the state
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Remaining votes are Then divided into districts
They then vote in accordance w/ pop vote in each
district
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Proportional plan
Straight percentage
10 votes up for grabs You win 60 of the Vote
you get 6 electoral votes
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3. Direct election
Popular votewinner wins the election
What do we need to Make a change?
Constitutional amendment
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Under the district plan in arizona if a candidate
wins 5 districts he would most likely receive how
many electoral votes?
7
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Under our current system if candidate a recieves
32 of the voteb31c34who would receive
arizonas 10 votes
c
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presidency
Qualifications
Age
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Natural born
citizenship
residency
14 years
schooling
none
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Salary
100,000

50,000
400,000

Total
550,000
Term of office
4 years- 2 terms -22nd amendment
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Powers of the president
Commander in chief
military
War powers resolution of 1973
Send troops for 60 days w/o congressional approval
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Diplomatic powers
Make treaties w/ foreign nations w/senate
approval
Accept other countries ambassadors
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Legislative powers
Recommend legislation
Does so at the state of theunion address
Veto bills
Can be overturned With a 2/3 Congressional vote
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Call special sessions Of congress
Why would he do this?
War, emergency situations
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Judicial powers
Grant
Reprieves- to postpone punishment
Pardons-
Forgive You of your crime
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Commute sentence
Reduce the length ofthe sentence
amnesty-
Pardon a large group
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Appointing And removal powers
Cabinet members
ambassadors
Supreme court judges
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Presidential succession
Outlined in the 25th amendment
This occurs if the President is removed
from Office or is unable to Perform his duties
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vp- decides to start The process
Congress makes the final decision
This is what it looks like
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1.
vp
2.
Speaker of the house
3.
President pro tempore
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Sec of state
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Sec of treasury
Sec of defense
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Sec of veterans affairs
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