Electoral College

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

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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.

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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.

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Ensures that larger states…

don’t completely overpower the smaller states.

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Originally made because the framers didn’t trust the American citizens because…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

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Regardless of the popular vote…

the presidential candidate who wins 270 electoral votes wins the election