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32 Cards in this Set
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1. What % of the vote did Donald Trump recieve? |
46.6% |
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1. What % of the vote did Hillary Clinton recieve? |
48.1% |
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1. What % of the vote went to 3rd Party candidates? |
5.3% |
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1. How many Electoral College Votes did Donald Trump recieve? |
306 |
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1. How many Electoral College Votes did Hillary Clinton recieve? |
232 |
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2. How many seats do the Republicans have in the HoR? |
240 |
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2. How many seats do the Democrats have in the HoR? |
194 |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: What is the population of the US? |
324 million |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: How many people in the US according to the New Times, do not vote? |
88 million |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: According to the NY times how many people vote in general election but not primaries in the US? |
73 million |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: How many vote in the Republican and Democratic primaries? |
60 million |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: How many of the 60 million voters who vote in primaries supported Clinton or Trump in 2016? (%) |
Around 50% |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: What % of eligible voters actually supported Trump or Hillary? |
14% |
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Q) Effectiveness of the EC: Why do critics argue that primaries produce polarising candidates lacking broad appeal? |
Because the people who vote at primaries are usually further right/left on the spectrum than the wider population |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many times has the winner of the popular vote not won the electoral college? |
5 times |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many EC votes are required to win? |
270 |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many states did Trump win? |
30 states |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many more votes did Clinton have than Trump? |
Over 2 million |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: Around how many more votes did Gore have than Bush? |
Around 543,000 |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: What's the percieved problem with so few states being competitive under the EC? |
Large numbers of votes are wasted, and some votes haev far more influence than others |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: What was a reason (to do with states) for Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote but not EC? |
She increased her vote share in Texas and California - which are so uncompetitive that additional votes were never likely to influence the outcome |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many more votes did Clinton get in California than Trump? |
3.74 million |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: Why did the increased vote in California not help Clinton? |
It is already a Democrat safe seat so it makes no difference |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: What method do Maine and Nebraska use to award their delegates? |
Congressional District Method |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: Which 3 states arguably won Trump the election with around 100,000 votes? (3) |
1. Michigan 2. Wisconsin 3. Pennsylvania |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: If Clinton won Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin how many electors would Clinto have won? Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: |
278 |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: Which Democratic Senator proposed to replace the electoral college with a popular vote since the election? |
Senator Barbara Boxer |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: What do people argue would happen to campaigning under a popular vote? |
It would only be focused in densly populated areas |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: What % of campaigning was done in only 12 states? |
94% |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How does the 2016 election show it can be disastrous to only focus on a handful of states? |
Clinton didn't focus on Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennysylvania as much and the states swung |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: Who were the Hamilton electors? |
2 electors from Washington state - they campaigned to convince a majority of the 538 electors do vote against Trump |
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Q) Does the EC need to be replaced: How many states passed laws to bind electors to the popular will of the state? |
29 states |
