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The Electoral College
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The candidate who receives the most popular votes in almost every state gets all of that states electoral votes.
False
True
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What is a plurality election?
Where the candidate has to win unanimously
Where the candidate who gets the least votes wins
Where the candidate who gets the most votes wins
Where multiple candidates tie in the votes and congress decides the winner
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When do each state's electors meet in their respective state capitals and cast their votes?
Second day of December
Next day
First day of the year (January 1st)
Monday following the second Wednesday of December
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Electing the president is as simple as counting all of the votes and determining who has the most.
True
False
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What is the Electoral College
A place to learn
Another way of saying popular vote
A process used to elect a US president
A group of people that count the popular vote
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How many electors are there?
538
100
535
435
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In 1800 there was a tie in the electoral college, so the election was sent to...
The Supreme Court
The House of Representatives
To be ratified by the States
The Senate
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The 23rd amendment . . .
Gave all African Americans the right to vote
Gives Washington, DC 3 Electoral votes
Gave residents of Washington, DC the right to vote
Gave women the right to vote
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The more districts a state has the more ____________ it has on the presidential election.
influence
absolute power
presidential candidates
control
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How many electors does a state get?
number of senators + house members
based on population
number of senators they
number of house members they have
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the presidents needs... electoral college votes to win
538
270
269
170
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Congress counts the electoral votes on...
December 31st
November 3rd
January 6th
January 1st
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When is Election Day?
The Second Tuesday of November
The first Tuesday of November
The first Monday in March
The first tuesday after the first Monday in November
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Why was the electoral college created?
because the framers feared "mob rule."
to teach the presidents about elections
so presidents would receive more votes
because the framers wanted believed in aristocratic society
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US presidential elections are determined by...
The popular vote
The Supreme Court
None of the Above
Individual States
