Electoral College Mathematics

11 07 2016 08 23 am et updated nov 08 2017 in 2012 barack obama won 332 electoral votes.

Electoral college mathematics.

I was wary of getting too political in a volume of math jokes but i find it the e c. Use the buttons below the map to share your forecast. The electoral college math template developed by jeffrey holliday 11 06 12. It is against this back drop that the entire race for the white house in 2016 has been staged.

With several prominent politicians calling for its elimination the electoral college is back in the news. Is the us president elected directly. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. Create a specific match up by clicking the party and or names near the electoral vote counter.

Rather we vote for electors who represent our state in a second round of voting. 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. However we do not vote for president. It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Mathematics of the electoral college robbie robinson professor of mathematics the george washington university. Such a peculiar and compelling mathematical object that i couldn t help myself. Mitt romney won 206. The candidate who wins a state wins its electors and those people called the electoral college actually vote for the president.

Every four years americans participate in a presidential election. 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. It s also nudge nudge in my book. 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.

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.