Electoral College
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Elects our President: composed of elected officials from each state based on population
Last updated 3:24 AM on 4/17/23
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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.
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Originally made because the framers didn’t trust the American citizens because…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
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