Electoral College

Elects our President: composed of elected officials from each state based on population

No. of Electors:

A total of **538 electors (100 senators + 435 members of House + 3 D.C. House Delegates)**

Each state is given 2 votes + 1 vote for every member of the House of Representatives that they have.

Winner-Takes-All System

Essentially, a presidential candidate winning over 50.01% of a state is equal to them winning over something like 78.9379 % of that state.

Ensures that larger states…

don’t completely overpower the smaller states.

Originally made because the framers didn’t trust the American citizens because…

they didn’t believe the American citizens would be educated enough to choose a good president.

Regardless of the popular vote…

the presidential candidate **who wins 270 electoral votes** wins the election