Instructions to Presenters
This is a good way to start a meeting with those who may little or nothing about the Electoral College or the National Popular Vote. It breaks the ice, shows how much we don’t understand about how we now elect the President and Vice President and introduces the National Popular Vote. Alternatively, it can be used as a review.
The slide deck is designed to use in “Present” view. In “Present” view, only the question appears in the first slide. The answer and check mark for “true” or “false” fills in when you go to next slide by using your down arrow.
Instructions to Presenters
This is a good way to start a meeting with those who may little or nothing about the Electoral College or the National Popular Vote. It breaks the ice, shows how much we don’t understand about how we now elect the President and Vice President and introduces the National Popular Vote. Alternatively, it can be used as a review.
The slide deck is designed to use in “Present” view. In “Present” view, only the question appears in the first slide. The answer and check mark for “true” or “false” fills in when you go to next slide by using your down arrow.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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1. False. The candidate who wins 270 or more electoral votes (the majority) is elected president, whether or not he/she wins the national popular vote.
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1. Currently, the candidate who gets the most votes in the nation (the national popular vote) wins the US presidency.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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FALSE
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2. False. Wisconsin, like 47 other states, has what’s called the “winner-take-all” allocation of electoral votes. This means that whoever wins the presidential race in Wisconsin gets all 10 of Wisconsin’s electors, no matter how many votes other candidates receive.
2. In the 2016 election, Wisconsin voters voted 1,404,284 for Donald Trump and 1,382,536 for Hillary Clinton, so Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes were divided 6 for Donald Trump and 4 for Hillary Clinton.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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3. True. Wisconsin is a “winner-take-all” state, meaning that whoever wins the popular vote in the state (as opposed to the nation) gets all 10 of Wisconsin’s electoral votes.
3. Currently, the presidential candidate who gets the most votes in Wisconsin is awarded ALL 10 of Wisconsin’s electoral votes.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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4. True. Each state has 2 electoral votes, representing 2 senators, plus an electoral vote for each Congressional Representative. The electoral formula specified in the Constitution (3 electors to start, regardless of population) and the Reapportionment Act of 1929 (which froze the number of Congressional representatives, and hence electors) disadvantage states as they grow, as they are adding more people per elector. So, Wyoming has 1 electoral vote for every 189,500 people, while California has 1 for every 697,000 people.
4. Wyoming has 1 elector for every 189,500 people, while California has 1 for every 697,000 people.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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FALSE
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5. True. See #1
5. Currently, whoever gets 270 or more electoral votes wins the US presidency.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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FALSE
6. False. All the Constitution says is, “Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.” It does not say how the electors should vote. None of the current state systems for directing electors (winner-take-all in 48 states and proportional voting by district in Maine and Nebraska) appear in the Constitution. The Founders left it up to the states to determine how to instruct their electors.
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6. The Constitution mandates how the states direct their electors to vote for President and Vice President.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
7. The candidate who wins the nationwide electoral vote is always the same as the winner of the national popular vote. | | |
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7. False. Five out of our 46 presidents have LOST the popular vote but WON the electoral vote and thus the presidency.
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Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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FALSE
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8. True.
8. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among states to award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes in the country.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
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FALSE
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9. True. Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the President will be elected by the national popular vote once states accounting for 270 electoral votes have passed local national popular vote legislation. Bills have been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature.View a map and find the status of the bill in each state here.
9. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact becomes effective when states, having a cumulative 270 or more electoral votes, join the agreement.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
1. False. The candidate who wins 270 or more electoral votes (the majority) is elected president, whether or not he/she wins the national popular vote.
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1. Currently, the candidate who gets the most votes in the nation (the national popular vote) wins the US presidency.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
✔️
2. False. Wisconsin, like 47 other states, has what’s called the “winner-take-all” allocation of electoral votes. This means that whoever wins the presidential race in Wisconsin gets all 10 of Wisconsin’s electors, no matter how many votes other candidates receive.
2. In the 2016 election, Wisconsin voters voted 1,404,284 for Donald Trump and 1,382,536 for Hillary Clinton, so Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes were divided 6 for Donald Trump and 4 for Hillary Clinton.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
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3. True. Wisconsin is a “winner-take-all” state, meaning that whoever wins the popular vote in the state (as opposed to the nation) gets all 10 of Wisconsin’s electoral votes.
3. Currently, the presidential candidate who gets the most votes in Wisconsin is awarded ALL 10 of Wisconsin’s electoral votes.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
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4. True. Each state has 2 electoral votes, representing 2 senators, plus an electoral vote for each Congressional Representative. The electoral formula specified in the Constitution (3 electors to start, regardless of population) and the Reapportionment Act of 1929 (which froze the number of Congressional representatives, and hence electors) disadvantage states as they grow, as they are adding more people per elector. So, Wyoming has 1 electoral vote for every 189,500 people, while California has 1 for every 697,000 people.
4. Wyoming has 1 elector for every 189,500 people, while California has 1 for every 697,000 people.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
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5. True. See #1
5. Currently, whoever gets 270 or more electoral votes wins the US presidency.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
6. False. All the Constitution says is, “Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress.” It does not say how the electors should vote. None of the current state systems for directing electors (winner-take-all in 48 states and proportional voting by district in Maine and Nebraska) appear in the Constitution. The Founders left it up to the states to determine how to instruct their electors.
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6. The Constitution mandates how the states direct their electors to vote for President and Vice President.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
7. The candidate who wins the nationwide electoral vote is always the same as the winner of the national popular vote. | | |
TRUE
FALSE
7. False. Five out of our 46 presidents have LOST the popular vote but WON the electoral vote and thus the presidency.
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Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
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8. True.
8. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC) is an agreement among states to award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes in the country.
Test Your Knowledge of the National Popular Vote! �True or False?
TRUE
FALSE
✔️
9. True. Under the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, the President will be elected by the national popular vote once states accounting for 270 electoral votes have passed local national popular vote legislation. Bills have been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature.View a map and find the status of the bill in each state here.
9. The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact becomes effective when states, having a cumulative 270 or more electoral votes, join the agreement.