Electoral+College


 * The Electoral College**, administered by the [|National Archives and Records Administration], is not a place. It is a process that began as part of the original design of the [|U.S. Constitution]. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. The people of the United States [|vote for the electors] who then vote for the President. Read more about how the terms [|"Elector" and "Electoral College"] came into usage.

Each State is allocated a number of electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives. The number of electors for a State is based on the number of members in the House of Representatives who represent the State, plus two for the State's Senators. A State's Congressional delegation is determined by the State's population. The number of people in each State is determined by the Federal census, which is taken every ten years and includes a count of every State's population.
 * How Many Votes do States Get? **

Q1- What are the biggest states by area? Q2- What are the biggest states by population?


 * Electoral College Calculator**

http://www.ez-calculators.com/electoral_calculator.htm

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/

http://www.hippocampus.org/course_locator?course=American%20Government&lesson=15&topic=1&width=800&height=590&topicTitle=The%20Electoral%20College&skinPath=http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/blue
 * Hippocampus link to electoral college**

__**Assignment:**__ In your Third Party Groups start to create a Electoral College for Sigourney Jr/Sr. High School. Include Ms. Gonzales, Mrs.Harmon Mrs. Webb, Mrs Vanden heuvel along with all teachers. Also, all JH homebases (7th and 8th) with homebase advisors. Try and make it as close as you can to the real electoral college. Who should have the most electoral college votes? Why? Can we compare some of the teachers and administrators with certain states? The total number of electoral college votes should be 538.

I will take these assignments and combine them into our Electoral College for this election. Complete this assignment and finish up your campaign pictures.