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Electoral College Reading Worksheet
1.
If Florida has 28 Representatives in the U.S. House how many electoral votes does Florida have in
total?
29
2.
There are 538 votes in the Electoral College. Where does the number 538 come from? Underline
the correct answer below:
a.
Based on the total number of seats in the Senate
b.
Based on the total number of seats in the House of Representatives
c.
This is based on the total number of seats in the House of Reps and the Senate
d.
Based on the total numbers of seats in the U.S. Congress plus three additional votes for Washington D.C.
3.
A state has 11 electoral votes. In a presidential election, the Democratic candidate receives 48 percent of that state's popular vote, the Republican receives 40 percent of that vote, and an independent candidate receives 12 percent of the vote.
Since the state has a winner-take-all system, how will the electoral votes be distributed among candidates?
a.
The Democratic candidate will receive 5 electoral votes, the Republican will receive 4, and the independent will receive 2.
b.
The Democratic candidate will receive one vote for each district they win and 2 votes state-wide for a total of 6, while the Republican will receive 5. c.
The Democratic candidate will receive all 11 electoral votes and the Republican candidate and independent candidates will receive 0 electoral votes d.
The votes will not be decided until there has been a runoff election between the Democratic and Republican candidates.
United States Presidential General Election Results
Presidential Candidate
Electoral Vote
Popular Vote
Republican Party candidate
271 50.4%
50,456,002 47.9%
Democratic Party candidate
266 49.4%
50,999,897 48.4%
Green Party candidate
0 0 2,882,955 2.7%
Reform Party candidate
0 0
448,895 0.4%
4.
Which candidate won the presidential general election? Why did they win?
Republican Party candidate because they were first to reach the threshold of 270 candidates to win the
election.
5.
Based on the reading, describe three reasons why people support the Electoral College and three reasons why people oppose it. Underline what you believe is the best reason on each side.
Reasons to support the Electoral College
Reasons to oppose the Electoral College
1.
1. it is as described in the Constitution and allows us to place power on states to make sure the national government does not have too much con
1. . allows for a president to be elected even though a majority of the popular vote did not want the candidate.
2.
switching over to a popular vote would create a lot of changes and take away from states’ rights in
regards to voting as guaranteed to them in Article
2 of the Constitution.
a third party candidate may steal votes away from
a candidate from the Democratic or Republican Party with the electoral college causing a deadlock. This makes for the House to decide who is president with one vote given to each state.
3.
it allows for the presidential candidate to appeal to people all across the United States instead of just one area. This allows for the candidate to appeal to people who are also in rural areas.
3. 3. the electoral college discourages people from voting because people feel that their voices might not be necessarily heard and matter. They may also feel that if the state already swings a certain way they will continue that pattern.
conclusion:
6.
Write a paragraph about the following: In what ways does the Electoral College support a representative democracy? In what ways is the Electoral College undemocratic?
The Electoral College supports a representative democracy by allowing states to have power over voting and tries to balance population with the amount of votes delegated. It is not democratic because it does not truly allow the American people to vote for their president. Most
people in American do not actually vote for their candidate as the Electoral College does not always follow the voice of the popular vote.
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