Electoral College Mathematics

It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.

Electoral college mathematics.

With several prominent politicians calling for its elimination the electoral college is back in the news. It s also nudge nudge in my book. Some people think this system is unfair. Is the us president elected directly.

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. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. 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.

However we do not vote for president. 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. 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. 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. Such a peculiar and compelling mathematical object that i couldn t help myself. Create a specific match up by clicking the party and or names near the electoral vote counter. Find where to buy the ti 84 plus ce graphing calculator in a variety of bold fun colors.

Mitt romney won 206. 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. I was wary of getting too political in a volume of math jokes but i find it the e c. Every four years americans participate in a presidential election.

Mathematics of the electoral college robbie robinson professor of mathematics the george washington university.