ELECTORAL COLLEGE WHY? NOT ENOUGH INFO ON ALL OF THE CANIDATES

REAL REASONS: 1 DIDN’T TRUST THE AVERAGE PERSON

2 NOT SMART ENOUGH

3 PROTECT SMALL STATES

HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES DOES EACH STATE HAVE: BASEd ON: REPRESENATATION IN CONGRESS

1 ONE FOR EACH REPRESENTATIVE ONE FOR EACH SENATOR 3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOTAL

SENATORS + REPRESENTATIVES = ELECTORS IT’S A MATHMATICAL EQUATION S + R = ELECTORS

IF A STATE HAS 8 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = ELECTORS 2+ 8 = e 2+8=10

IF A STATE HAS 5 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = ELECTORS 2+ 5 = e 2+5=7 ELECTORS

IF A STATE HAS 14 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = ELECTORS = e 2+14=16 ELECTORS

IF A STATE HAS 2 REPRESENTATIVES HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = ELECTORS 2+ 2 = e 2+2=4 ELECTORS

IF A STATE HAS 8 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY REPS WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = E 2+ R = 8 R=6 MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE

IF A STATE HAS 15 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY REPS WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = E 2+ R = 15 R=13 MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE

IF A STATE HAS 11 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY REPS WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = E 2+ R = 11 R=9 MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE

IF A STATE HAS 44 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY REPS WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = E 2+ R = 44 R=42 MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE

IF A STATE HAS 25 ELECTORAL VOTES HOW MANY REPS WILL THEY HAVE?????? DO THE EQUATION! S + R = E 2+ R = 25 R=23 MINUS 2 FROM EACH SIDE

HOW MANY ARE NEEDED TO WIN????? WHAT IS HALF OF 538? 538 DIVIDED BY 2 270

MAXIMUM A STATE HAS CALIFORNIA HOW MANY? 55

WHY SO MANY ? 33.8 MILLION PEOPLE SO HOW MANY REPRESENTATIVES DO THEY HAVE? 53

WHAT IS THE CAPITaL OF CALIFORNIA

ASU is Terrible!

MINIMUM A STATE HAS 3 THERE ARE SEVERAL ALASKA,DEL, WY, MONT,ND,SD, VERMONT

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

THE 2 STATE THAT DON’T ARE : MAINE AND NEBRASKA

ABOUT THE ELECTORS CHOSEN BY: EACH POLITICAL PARTY

Constitution bans: Any person holding An office of trust Or profit Postman Lobbyist Any federal employee

Time to vote On the Monday following The 2 nd Wednesday of december Where do they vote: State capitols

1 vote for pres. 1 vote for vp To prevent favortism: Electors must vote For 1 person outside Of your home state

Votes are then Sent to congress and Read by the president Of the senate on: Jan 6 th State capitols When: Where:

Pres and vp are sworn In on jan 20 12:00 noon In case of a tie For president: 1. Decided in the house of reps

2. Out of the top 3 candidates 3. One vote per state Vice president Chosen in the senate 1.

2. Out of the top 2 candidates Has it ever happened: Election of: 1800-t j 1824 john q. adams Election of:

Problems with the Electoral college 1. Pres could be selected w/o winning the popular vote

2. Accountability of electors Electors are not required to vote for the party they have pledged to vote for

If you do not vote For the candidate Your Suppose to you are considered: A maverick or faithless voter

3. 3 rd party candidates are not promoted Why? Takes away from the 270 needed to win

Proposed reforms of The Electoral college 2 votes for winning the overall popular vote in the state District plan

Remaining votes are Then divided into districts They then vote in accordance w/ pop vote in each district

Proportional plan Straight percentage % 10 votes up for grabs You win 60 % of the Vote you get 6 electoral votes

3. Direct election Popular vote winner wins the election What do we need to Make a change? Constitutional amendment

Under the district plan in arizona if a candidate wins 5 districts he would most likely receive how many electoral votes? 7

Under our current system if candidate a recieves 32 % of the vote b=31% c=34% who would receive arizona’s 10 votes c

presidency Qualifications: Age: 35 Natural born 14 years none citizenship: residency : schooling:

Salary: 400, Total+ Term of office: 100,000 50, ,000 4 years- 2 terms -22 nd amendment

Powers of the president military Commander in chief Send troops for 60 days w/o congressional approval War powers resolution of 1973

Diplomatic powers Make treaties w/ foreign nations w/ senate approval Accept other countries ambassadors

Legislative powers Recommend legislation Does so at the “state of the union “ address Veto bills Can be overturned With a 2/3 Congressional vote

Call special sessions Of congress Why would he do this? War, emergency situations

Judicial powers Grant : Reprieves- to postpone punishment Pardons- Forgive You of your crime

Reduce the length of the sentence amnesty- Pardon a large group Commute sentence

Appointing And removal powers Cabinet members ambassadors Supreme court judges

Presidential succession Outlined in the 25 th amendment This occurs if the President is removed from Office or is unable to Perform his duties

vp- decides to start The process Congress makes the final decision This is what it looks like:

1. vp Speaker of the house President pro tempore Sec of state Sec of treasury Sec of defense

#15 Sec of veterans affairs

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