electorate

Examples of electorate in the following topics:

• The Electoral College

  • The Electoral College consists of 538 electors who officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
  • That results in 538 total electors.
  • These presidential electors in turn cast electoral votes for those two offices.
  • Faithless electors are pledged electors and thus different from unpledged electors.
  • This shows the influence of the Electoral College on the prominence of swing states, those with small populations but large Electoral College votes.

• The Nomination Campaign

  • A number of electors, collectively known as the Electoral College, officially select the president.
  • On Election Day, voters in each of the states and the District of Columbia cast ballots for these electors.
  • Each state is allocated a number of electors, equal to the size of its delegation in both Houses of Congress combined.
  • Generally, the ticket that wins the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes, and thus has its slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College.
  • Describe the procedure by which the Electoral College indirectly elects the President

• Using Electoral Politics

  • A number of interest groups have sought out electoral politics as a means of gaining access and influence on broader American policies.
  • All electoral politics are interest politics in some sense.
  • One example of an interest group using electoral politics is the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC).
  • Labor Party (USLP), a registered political party, as its electoral arm.
  • Give an example of an interest group making determined use of electoral politics

• Likeability of Political Candidates

  • Candidates run for office by orchestrating expensive campaigns designed to increase their appeal to the electorate.
  • Candidates running for election to public office need to appeal to the electorate in order to acquire votes.
  • Likeability refers to whether or not the electorate generally likes a candidate, as measured by opinion polls .
  • Likeability is thought to play a significant role in electoral politics but is difficult to access in campaigns.
  • Identify the reasons the electorate might be drawn to a particular candidate

• Electoral Districts

  • An electoral district is a territorial subdivision whose members (constituents) elect one or more representatives to a legislative body.
  • In Australia and New Zealand, electoral districts are called "electorates," but elsewhere the term generally refers to the body of voters.
  • The exact name used varies from country to country, including such terms as "electoral commission", "central election commission", "electoral branch" or "electoral court".
  • They may also be responsible for electoral boundary delimitation.
  • Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries for political gain.

• Electing Candidates

  • Electoral systems are the detailed constitutional arrangements and voting laws that convert the vote into a political decision.
  • Electoral systems then determine the result of the election on the basis of the tally.
  • Most electoral systems can be categorized as either proportional or majoritarian.
  • The electorate, or the group of people who are eligible to vote, does not generally include the entire population.
  • Many electoral systems require voters to cast ballots at official, regulated polling places.

• The 23rd Amendment

  • The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution permits citizens in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President.
  • The 23rd Amendment would have been repealed by the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, which proposed to give the District full representation in the United States Congress, full representation in the Electoral College system, and full participation in the process by which the U.S.
  • A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

• Voter Turnout

  • The Electoral College is an example of an indirect election, consisting of 538 electors who officially elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
  • The number of electors is equal to the total voting membership of the United States Congress, 435 Representatives and 100 Senators, plus three electors from the District of Columbia.
  • Other studies claim that the Electoral College actually increases voting power.
  • The Electoral College map shows the results of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
  • Nebraska split its electoral vote when Senator Obama won the electoral vote from Nebraska's 2nd congressional district; the state's other four electoral votes went to Senator McCain.

• The Vice Presidency

  • Electoral College.
  • The creation of the Office of Vice President was a direct consequence of the Electoral College.
  • To counter this presumed difficulty, the delegates gave each presidential elector two votes, required that at least one of those votes be for a candidate from outside the elector's state, and mandated that the winner of the election obtain an absolute majority with respect to the total number of electors.
  • Electoral College.
  • The President of the Senate also presides over counting and presentation of the votes of the Electoral College.

• The 2012 Presidential Election

  • Requiring 270 electoral votes to win the election, Obama received 303 electoral votes, while Romney earned 206.
  • His victory was much narrower than his electoral victory in the 2008 Presidential Election against Senator John McCain.
  • While he lost the popular vote by a slight margin, a much greater margin in the electoral college necessitated his loss.
  • Some states enacted new electoral laws in 2011.
  • Describe the key issues and the electoral landscape that led to Obama's reelection