5. The Electoral College – How does it work? The winner of each state’s popular vote (the vote of the people) has all of their electors chosen to cast their votes for President and VP. This is called the “winner-take-all” method (**ME, NE)
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8. Step 6: Electoral College meets and votes Each state’s electors meet in their respective state capitals (i.e., Harrisburg) in December to cast their electoral votes for the President The winner must get a majority of the Electoral Votes…(270) What if there is a tie? House chooses the Prez (1 vote per state), Senate chooses the VP
9. 2008 Electoral College results http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html
10. Step 6: The Electoral College votes Meet in each state capital to cast their votes for the candidate they support Can vote for anyone, but almost always vote for popular vote winner (s/he’s a member of their party, you know…) Most states do NOT require electors to vote for the popular vote winner **Most electors do vote for the popular vote winner…but a few have not…
11. Step 7: The Inauguration Occurs on January 20th of the year following the election Sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
12. The oath of office… "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
![Step 5: The General Election Takes place on the same day every year 1stTuesday after the 1st Monday in Nov. Next presidential general election? Voters turn out to cast their ballots for President/VP and for many other offices as well But…when voting for President, they are NOT actually casting their ballots for the candidates. ,[object Object],[object Object]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)