1. Getting to know the Electoral College

2. 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.

3. 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.

5. 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

6. “Butterfly Ballot” West Palm Beach, Florida

7. 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

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

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

11. 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.

12. Florida Final Vote
George W. Bush
All 25 Electoral Votes

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

14. ELECTION 2000
BUSH - 271
GORE - 266

15. 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

16. ELECTION 2004

17. 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

18. Election 2008

19. 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

21. 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

22. 2016 Presidential Election

23. 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%)

24. 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%

25. The Clinton “Blue Firewall”
Michigan
Trump 2,279,543
Clinton 2,268,839
Johnson ,136
Stein ,463
Wisconsin Trump 1,405,248
Clinton 1,382,536
Johnson ,674
Stein ,072
Pennsylvania Trump 2,970,733
Clinton 2,926,441
Johnson ,715
Stein ,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

26. 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.

27. BIGGEST LANDSLIDE 1984

28. FOLLOWING 2000 CENSUS & REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS

29. FOLLOWING 2010 CENSUS & REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS

30. PROJECTED REDISTIBUTION OF HOUSE SEATS AFTER 2020 CENSUS