ELECTORAL COLLEGE

ELECTORAL COLLEGE

POPULAR VOTE

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/common/pop_vote.html

ELECTORAL VOTES

ELECTORAL VOTE

THE POPULAR VOTE, OR THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, IS USED TO DETERMINE WHICH CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE THE STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES

A STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES ARE DETERMINED BY ADDING THE NUMBER OF SENATORS AND THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES THE STATE HAS.

• WHEN PEOPLE VOTE FOR PRESIDENT, THEY ARE ACTUALLY VOTING FOR A SLATE OF "ELECTORS" WHO WILL CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
• THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULAR VOTE IN A STATE, RECEIVES ALL OF THE STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES
• EXCEPT IN MAINE AND NEBRASKA

MISSOURI HAS 8 REPRESENTATIVES AND 2 SENATORS

MAINE AND NEBRASKA

MAINE AND NEBRASKA "SPLIT" THEIR ELECTORAL VOTES