1. How is our President elected?
Osvaldo Macias

2. Electoral college How President and Vice-President are elected
They are NOT elected directly by voters
Americans are actually voting for electors, who are elected by popular vote by each state
Electors chose the president based on how each state’s citizens want them to

3. Electoral College Map 538 total electors 438 representatives
100 senators
The more people a state has the more votes it gets
270 or one more than half of the electoral votes are needed for the president to be elected

4. Brief History
The founders of the constitution didn’t trust the American citizens to vote for the President
Believed a small group of electors should pick the president
At first electors voted for two candidates
Whoever got the highest votes became president and whoever got the second highest votes became vice-president

5. Brief history continued…
In 1800 their was a tie between Jefferson and Burr
12th amendment made it so tie’s wouldn’t happen
elector would vote for one person for president and another for vice president

6. Criticisms
Electors aren’t required to vote for the candidate that their state’s citizens wanted
If a candidate wins a majority of the vote that person would get all of the electoral votes
What does this mean?
Even if a candidate gets the majority of the individual votes it doesn’t mean they’ll become president