1. The Election Guided Reading and Review
Chapter 13 Section 5 pp
The Election
Guided Reading and Review

2. Electoral College
- voters in each State vote for electors for a party’s presidential and V.P. candidates, and each State’s votes are awarded on a winner-take-all basis
- The winner of the national popular vote may not win the electoral vote.

3. Example of the flaw State #1 – 10 Electoral votes
Popular votes for Candidate A
- state #1 – 2,500
- state #2 – 2,000
- state #3 – 3,000

4. Popular votes for Candidate B
- state #1 – 5,000
- state #2 – 1,000
- state #3 – 2,500
Electoral votes for:
Candidate A – 12 Popular vote – 7,500
Candidate B – 7 Popular vote – 8,500

5. District Plan
- Two electors would be chosen from each State at large and would cast their votes in accordance with the statewide popular vote.
- The winner of the popular vote may not win the electoral vote.

6. Proportional plan
- candidates would receive the same % of a state’s electoral vote as they receive in the State’s popular vote
- The election may not produce a clear winner, third parties would gain power

7. Direct Popular Election
- President and VP would be elected by popular vote – No electoral vote
- requires a Constitutional amendment, would weaken federalism, small states would oppose it.

8. National Bonus Plan
- Electoral votes would be as they are now. A national poll of 102 electoral votes would be awarded automatically to the winner of the popular vote.
- This plan is not well known or understood

9. Winner of popular vote fails to win electoral vote for President
1824, 1876, 1888, 2000

10. Electorate
- the mass of people who actually cast votes