1. The Electoral College

2.  How many electoral votes does each state
get?
 1 for every House of Representative member
 1 for each Senator
 OH - 16 Reps + 2 Senators = 18 Electoral
Votes
 538 Total Votes
 Need 270 to win the Presidency

3.  The Democratic and Republican parties elect
“electors” for district in the state
 These electors actually cast the electoral
voters for the state
 When you vote, you are really voting a party’s
elector

4.  How does one win the Presidency?
 The party that wins the most popular votes in
a state wins all of the electoral votes for that
state

5. H
 Examples of candidates winning by 1 vote in
the House of Representatives
 1829 Kentucky
 Nicholas Coleman def Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519
 1847 Indiana
 George Dunn def David Dobson 7,455 to 7,454

6.  1847 Virginia
 Thomas Flournoy won 650 to 649
 1854 James Allen def William Archer 8,452 to
8,451
 1882 Virginia Robert Mayo def George
Garrison 10,505 to 10,504

7.  Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey
 OH – 9,247 voting precincts
 Truman won by 7, 107 votes
 If 1 voter changes vote in each district Dewey wins
 CA – 16,802 voting precincts
 Truman won by 18,625 votes
 If 1 voter changes in each district Dewey wins