The Electoral College: Questions And Answers
Name: Pratik Patel R.A. 3: The Electoral College
1. What is the minimum number of states that a candidate needs to win in order to win the election? What are those states?
11 states are sufficient to win the Electoral College which requires a simple majority of 270 votes. The states you need are:
States
# Electoral College
California
55
Texas
38
New York 29
Florida
29
Illinois
20
Pennsylvania
20
Ohio
18
Michigan
16
Georgia
16
New Jersey 14
North Carolina 15
Total
270
2. Given recent years’ results and current voting trends; create a scenario in which the Electoral College vote results in a tie. How would the U.S. select a president in this scenario?
3. What states gained …show more content…
W. Bush (elected 1988)
George W. Bush (elected 2000 and 2004)
Certainly there been more Republican Presidents Since 1900
8. What was the location for the Democratic National Convention in 2012? For Republican National Convention in 2012? Why did each party select these locations for their conventions?
Democratic National Convention of 2012 was in Charlotte, North Carolina, the purpose behind it was to secure North Carolina because in the previous election of 2008 North Carolina changed to Democrat from republican, It was expected that Charlotte's hosting of this event would generate more than $150 million for Charlotte and surrounding metropolitan areas and bring over 35,000 delegates and visitors and NC worth 15 electoral vote which means losing North Carolina could result in favorable Election for Republican Party
The 2012 Republican National Convention was held in Tampa Florida the reason behind it was that the Host Committee was composed of 10 prominent Florida business executives, civic leaders, and other community leader as a result the Committee raised more than $55,000,000 to host the 2012 Republican National
1. What is the minimum number of states that a candidate needs to win in order to win the election? What are those states?
11 states are sufficient to win the Electoral College which requires a simple majority of 270 votes. The states you need are:
States
# Electoral College
California
55
Texas
38
New York 29
Florida
29
Illinois
20
Pennsylvania
20
Ohio
18
Michigan
16
Georgia
16
New Jersey 14
North Carolina 15
Total
270
2. Given recent years’ results and current voting trends; create a scenario in which the Electoral College vote results in a tie. How would the U.S. select a president in this scenario?
3. What states gained …show more content…
W. Bush (elected 1988)
George W. Bush (elected 2000 and 2004)
Certainly there been more Republican Presidents Since 1900
8. What was the location for the Democratic National Convention in 2012? For Republican National Convention in 2012? Why did each party select these locations for their conventions?
Democratic National Convention of 2012 was in Charlotte, North Carolina, the purpose behind it was to secure North Carolina because in the previous election of 2008 North Carolina changed to Democrat from republican, It was expected that Charlotte's hosting of this event would generate more than $150 million for Charlotte and surrounding metropolitan areas and bring over 35,000 delegates and visitors and NC worth 15 electoral vote which means losing North Carolina could result in favorable Election for Republican Party
The 2012 Republican National Convention was held in Tampa Florida the reason behind it was that the Host Committee was composed of 10 prominent Florida business executives, civic leaders, and other community leader as a result the Committee raised more than $55,000,000 to host the 2012 Republican National