american government and politics (pols 122) professor jonathan day
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The Electoral College Game1. Each state is a game piece that can be won.
2. Each state has a particular value. Higher populous states are worth more.
3. You win the a game piece (a state) if you receive a plurality of the votes.
4. Plurality – the most votes out of all the candidates in an individual state
Any questions so far?
A Closer Look at the Electoral College
538 total electoral members in the College
Each State is guaranteed two electors plus one elector for every representative they have in Congress.
Therefore, the number of electors each state has is based on the state’s population size.
Electoral College Votes
There are 538 total Electoral College Votes.
The candidate who gets a majority of the votes wins.
270 is a majority of the Electoral College Votes.