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Road to the White House

Road to the White House. How we elect our President. Stephanow, 2006. Road to the White House GENERAL ELECTION. First Tuesday, after the first Monday in November. FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT’S NOT OVER… IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN!!!. Road to the White House. December

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Road to the White House

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  1. Road to the White House How we elect our President Stephanow, 2006

  2. Road to the White HouseGENERAL ELECTION • First Tuesday, after the first Monday in November. FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, IT’S NOT OVER… IT’S ONLY JUST BEGUN!!!

  3. Road to the White House • December • Monday following the second Wednesday. • Electors that won, meet in their state capitol to cast their votes. • One for Pres. • One for VP. • Ballot sealed and sent to D.C.

  4. January 6th Formal presidential election Pres. of Senate opens and counts electoral ballots before a joint session of Cg. Announces winner. January 20th New term of Pres. Begins at Noon. Inauguration Day Pres. and VP take oaths of office. Road to the White House

  5. So how does this Electoral College thing work?

  6. Terms to know… • PLURALITY: the most votes wins. Only have to have a plurality to win a state. • POPULAR VOTE: when people vote in November general election. • MAJORITY: 50.1% or more. Must win majority in E.C. (270) • ELECTORAL VOTE: when the electors vote in December at state capitol.

  7. How do you know how many electoral votes each state gets? • TX= 32 Reps.OK= 5 Reps.+ 2 Sens. + 2 Sens. 34 electors7 electors • MT= 1 Rep. (D.C. gets the min. +2 Sens. of 3.) 3 electors

  8. Total electoral votes • 538 • 100 senators • 435 representatives • 3 for D.C.

  9. Majority needed to win the E.C. • 270! • ½ of 538 is 269. • Add 1 to make a majority, and you get 270!

  10. Slate of Electors • In the 2000 election and throughout the 90’s (based on the 1990 census) TX had 32 electoral votes. Based on the 2000 census, we gained 2 Representative districts; therefore, we now have 34 for the election. • Each party selects their own “slate of electors.” • 2004-- • 34 Republicans34 DemocratsBush/CheneyKerry/Edwards • 34 Libertarian Badernik/Campagna

  11. Winner-Take-All System • Who won the POPULAR vote in the state? They get ALL of that state’s electoral votes. • (The others get NONE!) • Except in Maine and Nebraska, which go by the Congressional District Method.

  12. 2004 Texas Popular Vote • 8,806 precincts • Candidate Party Popular Vote % Bush Rep. 4,518,491 61.2 Kerry Dem. 2,825,723 38.3 Badarnik Lib. 38,683 .05 Who won the plurality in Texas?

  13. Marcus Anderson Bennie Bock Bill Borden Larry Bowles Sue Brannon Charles Burchett Marjorie Chandler Tom Cottar Christopher DecLuitt Jan Galbraith Martha Greenlaw Barbara Grusendorf Kathy Haigler Royce Hayes Kim Hesley Kristina Kiik Lance Lenz Loyce McCarter Frank Morris Dan Mosher Roger O'Dell Jay Pierce Mike Provost Anna Rice Rhealyn Samuelson Nancy Stevens Cheryl Surber Mike Ussery Glenn Warren Susan Weddington Jim Wiggins Morris Woods Peter Wrench Sid Young Texas’ 2004 Republican ElectorsThese people were handpicked by their party and they got to go vote at the capitol in December because the Republican candidate won the State of Texas!

  14. ARIZONA ARKANSAS DELAWARE GEORGIA IDAHO ILLINOIS INDIANA IOWA KANSAS KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MINNESOTA MISSOURI NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW JERSEY NEW YORK NORTH DAKOTA PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND SOUTH DAKOTA TENNESSEE TEXAS UTAH WEST VIRGINIA AS OF 2004, No Legal Requirement. Electors in these States are not bound by State Law to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

  15. ALABAMA ALASKA CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FLORIDA HAWAII MAINE MARYLAND MASSACHUSETTS MICHIGAN MISSISSIPPI MONTANA NEBRASKA NEVADA NEW MEXICO NORTH CAROLINA OHIO OKLAHOMA OREGON SOUTH CAROLINA VERMONT VIRGINIA WASHINGTON WISCONSIN WYOMING Legal Requirements or Pledges. Electors in these States are bound by State Law or by pledges to cast their vote for a specific candidate:

  16. Unfaithful Elector? • Kerry won Minnesota; however one Elector cast a vote for Dem. Vice-President candidate John Edwards. It may have been unintentional, as this ballot also voted for John Edwards as Vice-President

  17. George W. Bush (R)     Electoral 286     Popular 62,039,073 John F. Kerry (D)     Electoral 251     Popular 59,027,478 2004 National Results

  18. Election Results by State

  19. Electoral College Maps…by the numbers • Past Elections • Red is Republicans; Blue is Democrats

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