Which of the following features of the Constitution makes it possible for the winner of the national popular vote to come in second in the electoral vote?
a the requirement that an elector cannot vote for presidential and vice presidential candidates who are both from that elector’s state.
b The requirement that the electors meet and vote in their respective states rather than altogether in the national capital.
c The provision that these it up to the legislature in each state to decide how the electors in that state are allocated.
d The provision that requires a majority of the electoral vote to be elected president.
Ans: c. The provision that these it up to the legislature in each state to decide how the electors in that state are allocated.
You might also like to view...
A group in Boston calling themselves the Sons of Liberty protested taxation by
A) hanging the tax collector in effigy. B) looting the home of the lieutenant governor. C) looting the home of the tax collector. D) enforcing the Stamp Act Congress resolutions. E) all of the above
Which of the following ex-presidents experienced the most notable increase in popular approval and admiration after leaving office?
a. Richard M. Nixon c. Jimmy Carter b. Dwight D. Eisenhower d. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
People benefit from globalization ______.
a. through increasing overall standards of living and empowering people politically and economically b. through less access to cheaper goods and increasing overall standards of living c. through empowering people politically and economically and less access to cheaper goods d. through more access to cheaper goods and maintaining a social order
The long-serving chief justice that established the principle of judicial review was
A. Benjamin Cardozo. B. Hugo Black. C. Clarence Thomas. D. John Marshall. E. Charles Evans Hughes.