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An activity to explain the monster! The Electoral College An activity to explain the monster!

Electoral College Questions, p. 67 What is the Electoral College? Explain how the number of electoral votes is determined for each state. How many electoral votes does NC have? What state has the most? What is the minimum a state can have? How many electoral votes does it take to win the Presidency? Why? How is it possible to lose the popular vote and still become president? Why were Florida’s electoral votes so important to the 2000 election? What was the outcome? What arguments are there to abolish the Electoral College? Why will this probably not happen?

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