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EC definition (intro for essay) |
Article II of constitution outlines need for the president to be elected every four years using an electoral college, with the electorate in all states voting on the same day |
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How do ECV work |
Every state has electoral college votes based on numbers of Congresspersons, plus 2 for Senators. Washington DC has 3 ECV by decree of the 23rd amendment |
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What system is ECV allocated wjth |
All states have a winner takes all system |
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How do you win the presidency |
Candidate requires more than 50% of the vote so 270 of the 538 votes available |
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What does ECV represent |
Number of delegates selected Larger stares have more delegates Is not proportional though |
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Role of delegates Maine and |
Most states require their delegates to vote according to state opinion but 21 states don’t have this requirement |
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Maine and Nebraska |
Use winner takes all system but 2 of their ECV are allocated to winner of the whole state, further ECV being allocated to the winner in each district within the state |
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Problems with EC |
Can lose election despite more votes - Bush had 47.9% Gore had 48.4% of the 2000 vote yet Bush won Trump had 2 million votes less than Clinton in 2016 and won Can win presidency by winning only 11 states and disregarding the rest of the country |
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Problems with EC Population |
States with smaller populations have far more reps per population than states with larger populations 3 least populated states have 1 congressional rep for 200K ppl (Vermont N.Dakota Wyoming) 3 most populated states have 1 congressional rep for everything 670K people |
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Problems with ECV Swing states |
Produces swing state distortion as people in these states have far more influence than others on the presidency 48 states allocate all of their electors to one candidate |
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Problems with ECV VOTER TURNOUT |
Can reduce voter turnout as they may see point of voting in a state where a certain party dominates 2008 Obama spent nearly $40million in Pennsylvania compared to Illinois where he spent $25k Illi ppl may feel less valued, especially republicans and third party voters |
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Problems with ECV Delegates |
Rogue delegates The elector doesn’t have to vote for whom they pledged 2000 DC elector Lett-Simmons abstained rather than vote for Al Gore as she pledged, silencing voices of thousands of DC residents |
