Electoral College Explain

What is the Electoral College?

• • a college where people go to learn how to elect the president and vice president

• • a group of people elected by each state who formally elect the president and vice president

The REPUBLICAN mascot is...

• • An Elephant

• • A Donkey

  
  

The number of electors each state receives is based on

• • Population

• • How interesting it is to visit

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Is it possible for a candidate to get more individual people's votes and still not become president?

• Yes, it is.

• No, it's not.

A person can win the election by winning just how many states? (If they win the right states)

• 20

• 11

The electoral college protects small states or large states with a small population.

• True.

• False.

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Which type of state has a history of consistently voting for a specific political party?

• A swing state.

• A safe state

What do you think of the Electoral College? Is there anything that you would change? (2-3 sentences)