Question

All of the following statements about the Electoral College system are true EXCEPT:

A. Candidates tend to focus on states with large populations during the campaign.

B. Each state receives the same amount of electoral votes.

C. The votes of the electors in the Electoral College ultimately decide the result of the presidential election.

D. The number of electors from each state depends on population.

E. A candidate can lose the popular vote and still win the election.

Answer 1

The only statement that is not true is B. The amount of electoral votes is not equal for each state. It is assigned to each state depending on the number of senators and representatives on their U.S Congressional delegation. There are given two votes for the senators in the U.S Senate and a number of votes equal to the number of members of the U.S House of Representatives.

As an example, Maryland has 10 votes, two of them from the senators and the other eight votes are from the members of the House of Representatives. Whereas California has 55 votes, two from their senators and the rest from the members of the House of Representatives.