2. True or False: The Candidate with the most votes is elected President?

3. False! Ask George W Bush and Al Gore..

4. When you vote for the President you are actually voting for an ELECTOR to vote for you, NOT A CANDIDATE Each state has a determined number of electors

5. A state’s number of electors is the total number of Senators and Representatives in the House California 2 senators 53 representatives Total 55 electors

6. 55

7. 48 out of the 50 states have a “winner takes all” method In order for a Presidential candidate to win all the electoral votes of a state, a candidate must win a majority of the popular vote!

8. So if a majority of California votes for “Candidate A”… Candidate A will get 55 votes towards becoming President

9. A candidate must have 270 electoral votes to win the Presidential election

10. It is possible to get more votes overall in the election from the entire country and NOT be elected President?

11. It Happened in 2000 with Bush vs. Gore

12. Total Popular Vote in 2000 Election: Bush50,461,092 total votes (47.9%) 271 Electoral Votes Gore50,994,086 total votes (48.4%) 266 Electoral Votes

13. 2000 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

14. Let’s have our own Electoral College Election! First, as an individual.. America can only sell 1 brand of soda from now on. Which one should it be- –Coca Cola OR –Pepsi?

15. Let’s have our own Electoral College Election! Now, after getting the Popular Vote where you all voted as an individual, let’s vote as the Electoral College Each of you will pick a state that says how many votes you get

16. Is the winner the same? Was it as close?