Framers' Design for the Electoral College and Today
Time for Reform?
Lesson I. Constitutional Convention and Electoral College
Step 3. Answer Questions about the Electoral College
Student Exercise
On your own paper, answer the questions below. For help, rewatch the TedEd video about the Electoral College from the previous step.
- Why are there 538 electors in the Electoral College?
- How do states receive electoral votes?
- How does the census affect the number of electors in the Electoral College?
- How can a candidate lose the popular vote and win enough electoral votes to win the presidential election?
- What is a safe state?
- What is a swing state?
