Getting to know the Electoral College

U.S. Constitution Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

12th Amendment After the Election of 1800 (Jefferson vs. Adams – which later became Jefferson vs. Burr) many saw the need to change the way the Constitution designed the Electoral College. Today the Vice President and President are elected on the same ticket.

ELECTION 2000 CANDIDATES George W. Bush/ Dick Cheney Republicans Al Gore/ Joe Lieberman Democrats Ralph Nadar/ Winona LaDuke Green Pat Buchanan/ Ezola Foster Reform Harry Browne/ Art Olivier Libertarian James Harris/ Margaret Trowe Socialists John Hagelin/ Nat Goldhaber Natural Law Monica Moorehead/ Gloria LaRiva Workers

“Butterfly Ballot” West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach Election Rules Any duplicate marks- Spoiled Ballot Any sheet with two holes- Spoiled Ballot Any sheet not punched through all the way- Spoiled Ballot. Clarify class choices

NEEDED TO WIN THE PRESIDENCY 538 TOTAL ELECTORAL VOTES 50% +1 = WINNER 269 = 50% 270 =WINNER OF ELECTION

FLORIDA VOTES 2000 ELECTION GEORGE W. BUSH ALBERT GORE RALPH NADER PAT BUCHANAN 2,912,790 2,912,253 97,488 3,407

Why those were probably not votes for Patrick Buchanan Buchanan once praised Hitler. The counties vote = 20% of his state total. 19,000 other ballots were nullified in the same county for having two punched holes. Buchanan earned 3/10% in State election. Buchanan earned 8/10% in county election. ….oh yeah, and the county is made up mostly of liberal JEWISH voters.

Florida Final Vote George W. Bush All 25 Electoral Votes

Look at Electoral Packets How many Electoral Votes did President Bush Receive in 2000?

ELECTION 2000 BUSH - 271 GORE - 266

2000 RESULTS GEORGE W. BUSH AL GORE RALPH NADER 271 ELECTORAL VOTES 50.5 MILLION VOTES AL GORE 266 ELECTORAL VOTES 51 MILLION VOTES RALPH NADER 0 ELECTORAL VOTES 2.8 MILLION VOTES

ELECTION 2004

2004 RESULTS GEORGE W. BUSH JOHN KERRY RALPH NADER 286 ELECTORAL VOTES 62 MILLION VOTES JOHN KERRY 251 ELECTORAL VOTES 59 MILLION VOTES RALPH NADER 0 ELECTORAL VOTES 463 THOUSAND VOTES

Election 2008

2008 RESULTS Barack Obama John McCain RALPH NADER 365 ELECTORAL VOTES 69.5 MILLION VOTES John McCain 173 ELECTORAL VOTES 59.9 MILLION VOTES RALPH NADER 0 ELECTORAL VOTES 738 THOUSAND VOTES

2012 RESULTS Barack Obama Mitt Romney Gary Johnson - Libertarian 332 ELECTORAL VOTES 65.9 MILLION VOTES Mitt Romney 232 ELECTORAL VOTES 60.9 MILLION VOTES Gary Johnson - Libertarian 0 ELECTORAL VOTES 1.275 Million VOTES

2016 Presidential Election

2016 RESULTS Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson – Libertarian 306 Electoral Votes 63 Million Votes (46.1%) Hillary Clinton 232 Electoral Votes 65.9 Million Votes (48.2%) Gary Johnson – Libertarian 0 Electoral Votes 4.5 Million Votes (3.3%) Jill Stein – Green Party 1.5 Million Votes (1.1%)

States where the margin of victory was under 1% (50 electoral votes; 46 won by Trump, 4 by Clinton): Michigan, 0.23% New Hampshire, 0.31% Pennsylvania, 0.72% Wisconsin, 0.76%

The Clinton “Blue Firewall” Michigan Trump 2,279,543 Clinton 2,268,839 Johnson 172,136 Stein 51,463 Wisconsin Trump 1,405,248 Clinton 1,382,536 Johnson 106,674 Stein 31,072 Pennsylvania Trump 2,970,733 Clinton 2,926,441 Johnson 146,715 Stein 49,941 Michigan Trump +10,714 Wisconsin Trump +22,712 Pennsylvania Trump +44,292 16 Electoral Votes 10 Electoral Votes 20 Electoral Votes 77,718 Popular 46 Electoral Votes

Vice presidential vote Faithless Electors: 2016 State Party Presidential vote Vice presidential vote Name of Elector Nationwide Donald Trump, 304 Mike Pence, 305 Pledged Hillary Clinton, 227 Tim Kaine, 227 Hawaii Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) David Mulinix Texas John Kasich (R-OH) Carly Fiorina (R-VA) Christopher Suprun Ron Paul (L-TX / R-TX) Mike Pence (as pledged) Bill Greene Washington Colin Powell (R-VA)[395] Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Levi Guerra Susan Collins (R-ME) Esther John Bret Chiafalo Faith Spotted Eagle (I-SD)[398] Winona LaDuke (G-MN) Robert Satiacum, Jr.

BIGGEST LANDSLIDE 1984

FOLLOWING 2000 CENSUS & REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS

FOLLOWING 2010 CENSUS & REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS

PROJECTED REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS AFTER 2020 CENSUS