| A | B |
|---|
| Number of votes a candidate needs to win | 270 |
| Amount of Electoral votes for the whole U.S. | 538 |
| Number of state Electoral votes | Number of Senators + the number of Representatives |
| Electors | selected people for each state who vote for the state in the election |
| Electorate | people eligible to vote |
| Winner Take All System | leads to targeting of highly populated states |
| Congressional Representation | the number of people each state has in Congress |
| The Purpose of the Electoral College | to select the President and the Vice President of the U.S. |
| Popular Vote | the number of citizens who voted in the election |
| Electoral Vote | the number of Electors who vote in the election |
| Can a candidate win the popular vote and still lose the election? | YES! |
| If a candidate does not wins the electoral vote in an election does he win the election? | NO! |
| What happens if there is a tie? | The House of Representatives decides the election with one vote per state |
| Why do WE vote? | Voting tells the electors which candidate to choose |
| One reson the Framers came up with the Electoral College | they felt citizens weren't infprmed enough to make good choices in an election |
