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Electoral College

Electoral College. Citizens go to the polls and vote on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. We actually vote for a slate of electors instead of directly voting for a candidate.

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Electoral College

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  1. Electoral College Citizens go to the polls and vote on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. We actually vote for a slate of electors instead of directly voting for a candidate. Each state is entitled to as many electors as it has members of Congress. (# of Rep. + Senators = Electoral votes) Rep.Sen.=Electors Examples: NC 13 2 15 ND 1 2 3 TX 32 2 34 Cal 53 2 55 Must win at least 270 out of 538 electoral votes to be elected

  2. Each party designates who they would like to be electors and end up actually casting the electoral votes. If that party’s candidate wins the state’s popular vote then those individuals become electors and get to vote. The original intent was that electors would be free to vote as they chose. In reality this is usually not done. They vote as they have been pledged. Electors meet in their state Capitol on the Monday following the 2nd Wednesday in December to cast their electoral vote. They cast one vote for President and one vote for Vice President. The votes are sealed and sent to Congress where they are opened during a joint session and formally counted in January.

  3. State of Alabama 2000 Electoral Votes Arizona Electors vote In Arizona, the state electors' ballots are affixed with the official state seal during a ceremony at the state capitol in Phoenix.

  4. http://www.archives.gov/federalregister/electoralcollege/2004/election_results.htmlhttp://www.archives.gov/federalregister/electoralcollege/2004/election_results.html (US Electoral College Website)

  5. NORTH CAROLINA (15 electoral votes) Population, 2000 census: 8,049,313 1,961,166 popular votes cast for electors pledged to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney:William B. Carraway Sandra (Sandy) Carter Theresa Esposito Jim Hastings Martha Jenkins Judy Keener Elizabeth Kelly Joe L. Morgan Joseph W. Powell, Jr. Robert Rector Dewitt Rhoades Marcia M. Spiegel Ann Sullivan William Harry Trotter Davey G. Williamson

  6. NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS 2004 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Seroba Aiken Edward C. McGuire James Narron Jeff Dellinger John Murphy Harley D. Caldwell Edward Smith Walter Marshall Ben Neill John C. Brooks Wayne Abraham Mary Rhoe Armin Jancis Harold Brokaw P. E. Bazemore REPUBLICAN PARTY Joseph W. Powell, Jr. Dewitt Rhoades Ann Sullivan Davey G. Williamson William B. Carraway Theresa Esposito Sandra Carter Elizabeth Kelly William H. Trotter Larry W. Potts Thomas D. Luckadoo Dr. Joe Morgan Judy Keener Robert Rector Marcia M. Spiegel LIBERTARIAN PARTY Douglas S. Adams Carl S. Milsted, Jr. Stephen D. Burr Richard N. Norman Jeff Goforth Robert R. Ritchie David N. Goree Rachel M. Turnbull Thomas B. Hill Ray Ubinger Michael S. Hilton, Jr. Beverly J. Wilcox Brian Irving Roger L. Wrights Shane D. Killian

  7. No Legal Requirement In 24 states, electors are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate: Legal Requirements or Pledges Electors in 26 States are bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate • NORTH CAROLINA – (15 Electoral Votes) • State Law - § 163-212 (Violation cancels vote; elector is replaced and is subject to $500 fine.) New Mexico- 4th degree felony

  8. 1984 Electoral Vote(Largest landslide)

  9. Election results for select years 1992 Popular Vote Bush (R) Clinton (D) Perot (Reform) 38% 43% 19% (39,102,343) (44,908,254) (19,741,065) Electoral Vote 168 370 0 North CarolinaPopular VoteElectoral Vote George Bush 1,122,608 14 Bill Clinton 1,103,716 0 Ross Perot 353,845 0

  10. 1992 George Bush = Red Bill Clinton = Blue

  11. Election results for select years 1996 Popular VoteElectoral Vote Bill Clinton (D) 47,401,898 379 Bob Dole (R) 39,198,482 159 Ross Perot 8,085,373 0 Other 1,704,065 0 North Carolina Popular VoteElectoral Vote Bill Clinton (D) 1,107,849 0 Bob Dole (R) 1,225,938 14 Ross Perot 168,059 0 Other 13,961 0

  12. 1996 Bob Dole = Red Bill Clinton = Blue

  13. Election results for select years2000 Popular VoteElectoral Vote George W. Bush (R) 50,456,062 (47.9%) 271 Al Gore(D) 50,996,582 (48.4%) 266 (1 voter abstained) Ralph Nader (G) 2,882,728 (2.7%) 0 Other 1,039,754 (1.0%) 0 Total 105,377,660 North Carolina Popular VoteElectoral Vote George W. 1,631,163 14 Al Gore 1,257,692 0 Other 26,135 0 (Nader was not on NC ballot)

  14. Election results for select years2000 FloridaPopular VoteElectoral Vote George Bush (R) 2,912,790 25 (difference of 537 votes!!!!!!!!) Al Gore (D) 2,912,253 0 Ralph Nader (G) 97,488 0

  15. Chads Florida Voting Problems Looking for hanging chads Butterfly Ballot

  16. Florida Voting Problems Nine types of errors were found in the counties that used punch card ballots as they held up the uncounted cards to the light: 1)Some ballots that were properly punched were not counted because of machine error. 2)Some ballots could not be punched all the way because of machine problems. 3)Some ballots were punched all the way but the voter failed to notice that the chad was still attached on one corner. 4)Some ballots were punched all the way but the chad was still attached on two corners. 5)Some ballots were punched all the way but the chad was only detached at one corner. 6)Some ballots only had a pin prick that could be seen when held up to the light, but no corner had been detached. 7)Some ballots had only dimpled chads. In other words there was an indentation but no light could be seen when holding up the card. 8)Some voters wrote a name on the card rather than punching through the chad, which probably indicated some problem using the punchcard machine. 9)Some voted for two candidates, which invalidated the vote. This was more common in Palm Beach County because of the butterfly ballot.

  17. 2000 George W. Bush = Red Al Gore = Blue

  18. Election results for select years2004 Popular VoteElectoral Vote George W. Bush (R) 62,040,606 (51%) 286 John Kerry (D) 59,028,109 (48%) 251 Ralph Nader (G) 411,304 (1%) 0 Total121,480,119 (most votes ever) (1 elector voted for John Edwards) North Carolina Popular VoteElectoral Vote George W. Bush 1,961,166 15 John Kerry 1,525,849 0 Michael Bednarik (L) 11,731 0

  19. 2004 George W. Bush = Red John Kerry = Blue

  20. 2008 Popular VoteElectoral Vote John McCain (R) 69,297,997 365 Barack Obama (D) 59,597,520 173 Ralph Nader (I) 590,101 0 Bob Barr (L) 523,253 0 Chuck Baldwin (Const.) 361,226 0 Cynthia McKinney (Green) 159,889 0 Alan Keyes (America’s Indep.) 47,700 0 Others 455,113 0 Total 131,032,799 (most votes ever)

  21. 2008 North Carolina Popular VoteElectoral Vote Barack Obama (D) 2,142,651 15 John McCain (R) 2,128,474 0 Bob Barr (L) 25,722 0 Write-in 13,942 0

  22. Electoral College map showing the results of the 2008 US presidential election. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) won the popular vote in 28 states and the District of Columbia (denoted in blue) to capture 365 electoral votes. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) won the popular vote in 22 states (denoted in red) to capture 173 electoral votes. Nebraska split its electoral vote when Senator Obama won Nebraska's 2CD electoral vote; the state's other four electoral votes went to McCain.

  23. Cartogram representation of the Electoral College vote for the 2008 election, with each square representing one electoral vote.

  24. Past North Carolina Winners 2008: Barack Obama 2004: George W. Bush 2000: George W. Bush 1996: Bob Dole 1992: George H. W. Bush 1988: George H. W. Bush 1984: Ronald Reagan 1980: Ronald Reagan 1976: Jimmy Carter 1972: Richard Nixon 1968: Richard Nixon 1964: Lyndon Johnson 1960: John F. Kennedy 1956: Adlai Stevenson 1952: Adlai Stevenson 1948: Harry Truman 1932, 1936,1940,1944: Franklin Roosevelt 1928: Herbert Hoover Blue- Democrat Black- Republican

  25. Possible Electoral Vote Tie

  26. Flaws in the Electoral College 1) The winner of the popular vote is not guaranteed the Presidency. 1824 (Andrew Jackson lost to J.Q. Adams) 1876 (Samuel Tilden lost to Rutherford B. Hayes) 1888 (Grover Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison) 2000 (Gore won popular vote by over 500,000) *** 15 Presidents were elected without a majority of the popular vote.

  27. 2) Electors are not required to vote for the candidate favored by the popular vote. Electors have “broken their pledges” and refused to vote for their party’s Presidential nominee on only 11 occasions. *** These “faithless electors” have had no effect on the outcome of any election but the potential is there!!!!!! • 1820 1948 1956 1960 1968 1972 1976 (elector voted for Reagan not Ford) 1988 (elector voted for Bentsen not Dukakis) 2000 (D. C. elector abstained-protested no representation for Washington DC in Congress) 2004 (one elector voted for John Edwards not John Kerry)

  28. 3) The election could ultimately be decided by Congress. Only Happened twice: ***If no candidate receives at least 270 electoral votes. (simple majority) (need a strong 3rd party candidate) House of Representatives – President Senate - Vice President 1800 Thomas Jefferson (73) was elected over Aaron Burr (73), John Adams (65), and Charles Pinckney (64) (Controversy led to the passage of the 12th Amendment) • 1824 • John Quincy Adams (84) was elected over Andrew Jackson (99), • William Crawford (41), and Henry Clay (37)

  29. Objections to the House of Rep. deciding the Presidency • Voting is done by state and not as individuals • (Each state has only 1 vote) 2)If the Representatives of a state can’t decide the state could lose their vote. (Example- Equal # of Democrats and Republicans) 3)The Constitution requires a majority of the states’ votes (must receive at least 26 votes- 3 strong candidates could lead to no one chosen

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