The Electoral College
Choose a Party
Welcome to the Convention!
Conventions are held to see who will represent the party
Delegates will vote on who they think will best lead to Political Party
Convention
You are running against
BOB
Your goal will be to select the ideas that best reflect your party in order to be selected by the delegates
People with High Income should be Taxed Higher
Taxes should be raised progressively
Healthcare should be provided by the government
Undocumented immigrants should never gain citizenship
The Death penalty should be enforced
The government should increase spending on the military
Taxes should be raised progressively
Healthcare should be provided by the government
Undocumented immigrants should never gain citizenship
The Death penalty should be enforced
The government should increase spending on the military
You
the convention
Your ideas
Now,
will need to make an acceptance speech to pull the party together
Your Speech(NOTE: for the purpose of this game, this speech can be very short):
Campaign!
will start a political campaign
This is meant to gain public support from the people.
The ideas you selected earlier will determine how many people will vote for you on Election Day
Election Day!
Your party won
of the popular vote
It's not over!
The Electoral College still needs to decide who will be the next president. The Electors from each state will each vote on who they think will be the next president. There needs to be absolute majority for a president to be selected
The electors have decided
The
party wins!
Sources
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