The Electoral College.The Framers of the U.S. Constitution devised an indirect system for electing the President and Vice President. This system is the Electoral College electoral college, in U.S. government, the body of electors that chooses the president and vice president. The Constitution, in Article 2, Section 1, provides: "Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, , which the Framers hoped would result in educated, informed persons choosing our nation's top leaders. But today, each political party chooses its members to serve as electors electors, in the history of the Holy Roman Empire, the princes who had the right to elect the German kings or, more exactly, the kings of the Romans (Holy Roman emperors). . Read the explanation of the Electoral College and study the map below. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1. Voters choose electors. When voters go to the polls on Election Day, they do not vote directly for President and Vice President. Instead, they choose electors who support those candidates. Each state has as many electors as it has U.S. Senators (two) and U.S. Representatives (the number depends on the state's population). The District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). has three electoral votes. Almost always, the candidate who gets the most popular votes wins all of the state's electoral votes, This is the "winner-take-all
In the theory of artificial neural networks winner-take-all " rule. 2. Electors cast ballots. In mid-December Noun 1. mid-December - the middle part of December period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" Dec, December - the last (12th) month of the year , the electors in each state and the District of Columbia assemble in their legislative houses. The electors cast ballots for President and Vice President. Each state records its electoral votes and sends the results to the U.S. Congress. 3. Congress counts the ballots. The Senate and the House of Representatives meet jointly to officially count and review the Electoral College votes. The candidate who gets a majority of the 538 electoral votes wins, regardless of the outcome of the popular vote. 4. If no candidate wins a majority. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the U.S. Constitution, if no candidate gets an Electoral College majority, the House of Representatives selects the President and the Senate chooses the Vice President. Because of the "winner-take-all" rule, it is possible for a candidate to win the popular vote and still lose the Electoral College. This has happened four times in U.S. history, most recently in 2000. Decide whether each sentence is true, false, or an opinion. Questions -- 1. In a presidential election, voters choose electors, the people who cast the official votes for President and Vice President. -- 2. Each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its U.S. Representatives. -- 3. Texas has the most electoral votes. -- 4. The Electoral College is a confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. and outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. system. -- 5. The fewest number of electoral votes that a state can have is three. Answers 1. True 2. False 3. False 4. Opinion 5. True |
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