Here is some information about The Electoral College. Combine the sentences to make one good sentence. When finished, copy the sentences in paragraph form.

1. The President is not elected by the popular vote. The Vice President is not elected by the popular vote.

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2. The nominee must get a majority of electoral votes. Each state and the District of Columbia has electoral votes.

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3. The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers. The Electoral College was a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote.

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4. The electors are people chosen by the States. The District of Columbia also chooses electors.

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5. Each state gets one elector for each member in the House of Representatives. Each state also gets one elector for each Senator.

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6. The number of a state's representatives is determined by the size of the state's population. The population of the state is determined by the census.

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7. California has the most electoral votes. Alaska, Wyoming, South Dakota, Vermont, and Delaware have the least electoral votes.

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8. The electoral college has been criticized because there is no guarantee that the electors pledged to vote for a certain candidate will actually do so. The electoral college has been criticized because a nominee can get all of the state's electoral votes by just getting one more popular vote than the opponent.
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Because of this system, three nominees have been elected President even though their opponents received more popular votes.
 
 
 

Here is a link to the National Archives about the Electoral College.