POL S332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Andy Borowitz, Anti-Federalism, Walter Mondale

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL S332
• Professor: Judith Garber

Document Summary

Thanks to the american political system, romney and obama must spend the next 2 months and millions of dollars to become president of ohio. andy. Presidents not chosen by national popular vote, but by a small set of electors chosen in each state. Electors appointed by state legislatures until 12 th. No reliable, consistent popular vote for president until. 1830s: gives each state"s population significant weight (antifederalist) Each state gets 2 senators for each state, no matter its population-equalizes states. However each state has number of electors based on the number of congress members-each state has atleast 3 then (2 senators and one elector) 435 representatives + 100 senators + 3 for dc. To win the presidency, you must win 270 electoral votes: no matter the number of candidates, if nobody receives 270, the election goes to congress-12th ammendment- can happen if a 3rd party wins some states.