Electoral College Mathematics

However we do not vote for president.

Electoral college mathematics. Mathematics of the electoral college robbie robinson professor of mathematics the george washington university. It s also nudge nudge in my book. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. Rather we vote for electors who represent our state in a second round of voting.

The digital playground project created in collaboration with my peer venturescapes partner michelle king at ecs in. 11 07 2016 08 23 am et updated nov 08 2017 in 2012 barack obama won 332 electoral votes. Every four years americans participate in a presidential election. Mitt romney won 206.

Some people think this system is unfair. The funky math of the electoral college everyone knows it s a weird way to elect presidents but it s even crazier than you think by randyn charles bartholomew on august 24 2016. It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. Much of the pedagogy and structure of this project and its template came as a result of the failures successes of the mlfe funded project entitled re imagining learning in the 21st century.

Such a peculiar and compelling mathematical object that i couldn t help myself. The candidate who wins a state wins its electors and those people called the electoral college actually vote for the president. The electoral college math template developed by jeffrey holliday 11 06 12. Is the us president elected directly.

The electoral college is a body of electors established by the united states constitution which forms every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president of the united states the electoral college consists of 538 electors and an absolute majority of electoral votes 270 or more is required to win the election. It is against this back drop that the entire race for the white house in 2016 has been staged. Find where to buy the ti 84 plus ce graphing calculator in a variety of bold fun colors. Unlike many elections for public office where a person is elected strictly based on the results of a popular vote i e the candidate who earns the most votes in the election wins in the united states the election for president of the united states is determined by a process called the electoral college.

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