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

2. REAL REASONS: 1 DIDN’T TRUST THE AVERAGE PERSON

3. 2 NOT SMART ENOUGH

6. 3 PROTECT SMALL STATES

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

8. 1 ONE FOR EACH REPRESENTATIVE 435 2 ONE FOR EACH SENATOR 3 FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TOTAL 100 3 538

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

20. MAXIMUM A STATE HAS CALIFORNIA HOW MANY? 55

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

22. WHAT IS THE CAPITaL OF CALIFORNIA

23. ASU is Terrible!

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

26. 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

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

28. ABOUT THE ELECTORS CHOSEN BY: EACH POLITICAL PARTY

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

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

31. 1 vote for pres. 1 vote for vp To prevent favortism: Electors must vote For 1 person outside Of your home state

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

33. 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

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

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

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

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

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

39. 3. 3 rd party candidates are not promoted Why? Takes away from the 270 needed to win

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Salary: 400,000 + + Total+ Term of office: 100,000 50,000 550,000 4 years- 2 terms -22 nd amendment

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

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

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

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

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

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

59. Appointing And removal powers Cabinet members ambassadors Supreme court judges

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

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

62. 1. vp 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Speaker of the house President pro tempore Sec of state Sec of treasury Sec of defense

63. #15 Sec of veterans affairs

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