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What happens if no presidential candidate gets 270 electoral votes?

What impact does a candidate's concession speech have on the Electoral College process?

What would happen if two candidates tied in a state's popular vote, or if there was a dispute as to the winner?

Must electors vote for the candidate who won their State's popular vote?

Is it possible for a candidate to win the nationwide popular vote and yet lose the electoral vote?


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Candidates


Uncle Sam, the word spy, wants you to take a minute and test your knowledge.

Match the word(s) in the left-hand column to complete the questions or statements in the right-hand column. Check your answers.

Federal official elected every 2 years A. President and Vice-President
Federal official elected every 6 years B. US Congressman
Running mate C. Person who is trying to get elected
Federal officials elected for 4 years D. US Senator
Candidate E. Candidate who is running with another candidate
Nominate F. Choose candidate for election

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The largest number of women to file as candidates for U.S. Senate elections was 29 (22D, 7R), which occurred in 1992. The largest number of women to win major-party nominations for the U.S. Senate was 11, which occurred in 1992 (10D, 1R) and again in 2002 (8D, 3R).

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Make a list of things that are important to you: values, things you think candidate should achieve, etc.

Why are these things on your list? How important are they to you? Mark the most important ones but keep the others as well.

Look for a candidate you relate to: Listen to speeches, visit their web sites, find out about their opinions and, even more important: What motivates them. Opinions can easily be adapted to what the voter wants to hear, motivations are a little more reliable

Find out if the candidate(s) you've chosen is really the right one. Check their history, find out if they are telling the truth and if they can (and will) actually do what they are promising you.

Make a final pick: Take your first list of important things, the election program of your chosen candidate, and any other important information you stumbled upon. Compare them and decide if this candidate (or which one of the candidates meets your demands the most if you hadn't chosen one yet) is really the one you want to be represented by.

Vote: If you've done this right, then hopefully you won't make the wrong choice. By following the steps and being true to yourself you can be sure you've done your best to choose the candidate that's most suitable to represent you. So vote!

 

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