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Electoral College

Electoral College. Travis Bunkall. Preview. History of Electoral College Keeps People From Voting Many Votes Don’t Count. History of Electoral College. Founding fathers established it in the Constitution Consist of 538 Electors, 270 needed to win

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Electoral College

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  1. Electoral College Travis Bunkall

  2. Preview History of Electoral College Keeps People From Voting Many Votes Don’tCount

  3. History of Electoral College Founding fathers established it in the Constitution Consist of 538 Electors, 270 needed to win Amount of electors per state equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation. A Senator, Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit can’t be Electors.

  4. Example of Electoral Map

  5. People Don’t Vote Many people assume the party of their state. People assume their vote doesn’t matter Utah gained an electoral due to 24% population increase Last 10 elections Utah was strongly Republican

  6. Which Votes Really Count Hundreds of thousands of military votes arrived past the deadline. Many states had votes still being counted when the election was called a win. This year Obama was announced the winner before he had officially won the Electoral of Ohio (18) or Florida (29) Presidential Election would have been different 4 times.

  7. Get Out And Vote

  8. Works Cited “U.S. Electoral College, Official – What is the Electoral College?” www.archives.gov 10 November 2012 <http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/about.html> “Utah Presidential Election Voting History” www.270towin.com 10 November 2012 <http://www.270towin.com/states/Utah> “Military Absentee Ballots Delivered One Day Late, Would Have Swung Election For Romney | The Duffel Blog” www.duffelblog.com 07 November 2012. 10 November 2012 <http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/11/military-absentee-ballots-delivered-one-day-late-would-have-swung-election- for-romney/> “How many Presidential candidates wont the election but lost the popular vote” www.wiki.answers.com 10 November 2012 <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_Presidential_candidates_won_the_election_but_lost_the_popular_vote>

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