1. How is the President Elected?
The President is elected differently from all others who are elected to public office

2. Framers of the U.S. Constitution created the Electoral College System

3. The Electoral College selects the President of the United States
College? What? How can that be?
Write a list of questions you have about the election of the President.

4. How do the electors elect the President?
When the voters (citizens over 18) go to the polls to vote for the President in November, they are actually voting for electors from their state.
The Presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in the state has his/her electors vote in the “real” election in December.

5. 538 Electors based on US census
All electors in each state vote for the candidate who wins the vote in their state
Voters go to the polls and vote
Candidate with majority of electoral votes is the next President of the United States

6. Number of electoral votes per state = Number of members of the House of Representatives for the state + Number of Senators (2 per state)

7. Electoral Votes Map