Electoral College
Understand the Electoral College and swing states in US elections! Practice key facts and share your opinion.
Watch this video first! Fill in the blank with the correct answer. Just click and type in your response. The two presidential candidates to have won the National Popular Vote and lost the electoral college are: Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. Swing states are states that could go either Republican or Democrat, historically. Match the category with the correct answer. Number of electoral college votes 538 Number of votes needed to win the presidential election 270 Number of representatives in the House of Representatives 435 Number of senators in the U.S. Senate 100 Number of electoral colleges votes allotted for D.C. 3 Do you think that the electoral college should be replaced with the national popular vote? Explain your reasoning. Make sure you write in complete sentences.