Survey for Government class

[TheBassoonist]

Not sure if this is the place for this survey, but it's not a game, it's not a debate, so I just put it here. I have a survey project to do for my government class, and I decided to use the internets to get it done easily. It's about the electoral college.
I just ask these things of you:
1. Use what you know. "I don't know" is an acceptable answer. Please don't google anything.
2. I need at least 50 people to answer it. If you're a good person, you'll answer it. If you're a great person, you'll answer it and then spread the survey around. Please and thanks.
3. USA people only, please, as it refers to the American process.

So here it is. 20 questions.

Age:
Gender:

1. What is an indirect election?

2. What is a direct election?

3. Which do we use for choosing the President and Vice President?

4. What is the purpose of the Electoral College?

5. What is the number of electors based on?

6. How many electoral votes does your state have?

7. How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate need to become President?

8. How many electoral votes are there in total?

9. What happens if no candidate reaches that number?

10. What if the process described in the previous answer goes past noon on January 20th?

11. How are each state’s electoral votes won?

12. Has the Electoral College ever been considered to be repealed?

13. Do you think the Electoral College works?

14. What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have?

15. How many electoral votes does the most populous state have, and what is that state?

16. How many electoral votes does Washington, D.C. have and what is that number based on?

17. What is a faithless elector?

18. Which constitutional amendments relate to the Electoral College?

19. When has the winner of the popular vote lost the electoral vote?

20. Where do third parties stand in the electoral system as it is now?

[ShatteredWings]

twpr :arrow: education and careres

I'm taking ap gov, i'll do this :P
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Age: 17
Gender: M

1. What is an indirect election?
An election in which the people vote for electors to vote for the canidates (presidental election is a good example)

2. What is a direct election?
Direct democracy, votes count directly towards canidate

3. Which do we use for choosing the President and Vice President?
indirect
4. What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
To prevent factions from taking over the government (madisonian)
To keep power from being directly in the people's hands

5. What is the number of electors based on?
Number of represenatives in both houses of congress

6. What if the process described in the previous question goes past noon on January 20th?
What?...
7. How many electoral votes does your state have?
PA, 19 i think for the next presidential

8. How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate need to become President?
Simple majority, or 136 I think

9. How many electoral votes are there in total?
...270. It would've made sense if you asked 8 and 9 in the other order
10. What happens if no candidate reaches that number?

11. How are each state’s electoral votes won?
Through the popular vote, except in Maine and Nebraska(?) where there are districts that are given the electors and those districts are by the popular.

12. Has the Electoral College ever been considered to be repealed?
No but it's been changed. The state's popular vote used to just be a guide for the electors vote

13. Do you think the Electoral College works?
More or less

14. What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have?
3 (minimum number of congressional representation: 2 senate, 1 house)

15. How many electoral votes does the most populous state have, and what is that state?
55, california

16. How many electoral votes does Washington, D.C. have and what is that number based on?
3, 17th(?)ammendment

17. What is a faithless elector?
I have no idea

18. Which constitutional amendments relate to the Electoral College?
See 16

19. When has the winner of the popular vote lost the electoral vote?
I don't know

20. Where do third parties stand in the electoral system as it is now?
They're highly under represented because they can rarely get a majority of the popular vote to get ANY electoral votes

[AllThatYouDreamed]

Sure :)

Age: 15
Gender: Female

1. What is an indirect election?
Where the people don't directly vote

2. What is a direct election?
Where they DO directly vote

3. Which do we use for choosing the President and Vice President?
indirect

4. What is the purpose of the Electoral College?
So the people didn't make a bad pick? I think

5. What is the number of electors based on?
Members in house&senate

6. How many electoral votes does your state have?
i think 2012 election is 19. 2008 was 21

7. How many electoral votes does a presidential candidate need to become President?
Simple majority, 1 more than half

8. How many electoral votes are there in total?
As in number, not a clue.

9. What happens if no candidate reaches that number?
Re-election with the two highest candidates

10. What if the process described in the previous answer goes past noon on January 20th?
...Dont have a clue

11. How are each state’s electoral votes won?
By the popular vote in each state (or region in nevada and some other state)

12. Has the Electoral College ever been considered to be repealed?
I think so, I don't know when.

13. Do you think the Electoral College works?
No, I think it skewes what the people voted for. A simple majority in a state has ALL of their electoral votes go there, even though that's not the view of the state. I could see ways to revamp it w/o removing it though.

14. What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have?
3

15. How many electoral votes does the most populous state have, and what is that state?
55? California

16. How many electoral votes does Washington, D.C. have and what is that number based on?
3 votes, constitutional amendment.

17. What is a faithless elector?
IDK

18. Which constitutional amendments relate to the Electoral College?
The one giving DC votes

19. When has the winner of the popular vote lost the electoral vote?
Nixon election I think

20. Where do third parties stand in the electoral system as it is now?
Almost completely unrepresented

[TheBassoonist]

Please answer this. It takes a few minutes of your time and helps me out greatly.

[TheBassoonist]

Project's done

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