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Electoral College

Electoral College. Qualifications of President. Natural born citizen 35 years-old Resident of US for 14 years. Running for President. $$$ at least $100,000,000 Beliefs: Moderate Characteristics White Married Protestant Successful. Electoral College. Each state selects electors

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Electoral College

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  1. Electoral College

  2. Qualifications of President • Natural born citizen • 35 years-old • Resident of US for 14 years

  3. Running for President • $$$ at least $100,000,000 • Beliefs: Moderate • Characteristics • White • Married • Protestant • Successful

  4. Electoral College • Each state selects electors • At party conventions • Popular vote • Winner takes all • Utah – 6 electors (Senators + Representatives) • If R’s win popular vote in Utah, they get all 6 electoral votes • Electors meet Mon. following 2nd Wed. in Dec.

  5. Electoral Trends • http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

  6. Popular vs Electoral Vote • Candidate may win popular vote and lose electoral vote. (2000) http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

  7. Tie • House of Representatives decides • Each state gets one vote • If state delegation doesn’t agree, lose vote • 26 votes to win (1800) Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

  8. No one has Majority • House of Representatives selects 1824 – Corrupt Bargain Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/index.html

  9. Why Electoral College? • Advantage to smaller states Utah 2,246,553 5 523,089 1.18

  10. Options • Electoral votes according to Congressional Districts • Electoral votes according to percentage of popular vote • Direct election – no electoral college http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/01/20/VI2009012001475.html?sid=ST2009012002359

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