Electoral College

• originated from the great compromise

• you are voting for the party your state will count as in the electoral college

• 538 seats in electoral college

  • 435 house + 100 senate + 3 DC

• candidate needs 270 to win

Faithless elector → electoral college seat votes for person not in their party

unit rule → party (candidate) who wins popular vote in a state, are rewarded all the electoral votes (does not apply to Maine or Nebraska

How is possible for someone to win the popular vote and not win the electoral college? →unit rule, margin of victory means nothing in the electoral college