Chapter 10 - US elections and tenses

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Chapter 10 - US elections

A quick check before we start

The day on which the greatest amount of states hold primaries

1. Wacky Wednesday
2. Mega Monday
3. Super Tuesday
4. Voting Friday

A state where the population often changes their party allegiance is .... state.

What is 'tuition'?

1. Money to pay for teaching
2. A type of voting procedure
3. The assistant to the president
4. The master of vote counting

Put the below events of the coming US presidential elections in the correct order

1

2

3

4

5

Primaries & caucuses

Party convention

General election

Electoral college

Inauguration

Parties are currently selecting their candidates. Each candidate tries to get as many ... as they can per state.

Chapter 10 - US elections

Follow-up

Three government branches

1. Legislature (makes laws)
   --> Congress (House of representatives + Senate)
2. Executive (enforces laws)
   --> President and cabinet
3. Judiciary (interprets laws)
   --> Supreme court

Congress

• House of representatives
  --> Number of representatives/state based on population
  --> e.g. California (39,2M) (54) vs Alaska (732.600)(1)
• Senate
  --> Every state gets 2 senators = 100
  --> e.g. California (2) vs Alaska (2)

Why this system?

Why this system?

To balance power between large and small states

Necessary in a federal system

Minimum number of electors?

The electoral college

• On election day, people in every state cast their vote. 
• How many votes does a presidential candidate need to have to win the general election?
• How is the number of electors per state decided?

270 votes in the electoral college (half of 538)

nr of representatives + nr of senators (so minimum 3)