] The Electoral College
Directions: After reading the following documents answer the questions that follow in complete sentences
Document A: Article (Modified)
The Electoral College encourages and supports a two-party system. In large measure because of the
Electoral College, cach political party is broad-based and moderate. Each party has to mount a national
campaign, state by state that considers the various different interests of this extended republic. Majorities
are built that are both ideologically and geographically broad and moderate. While the two-party system
does not eliminate partisanship, it does moderate it...
Se adapted from Per W. Sch's the Electoral College No." rool Center, November 16, 2004
1. Explain the historical circumstances that might have led to the historical development in this
2. What is the claim that the author is making about the Electoral College?
3. What evidence does the author use to support that claim?
Document : Article (Modified)
We have a system that produces good, constitutional politics, and the kind of stability that no other
popular time has ever experienced. The Electoral College ensures that an elected president would be
pomive not to a concentrated majority, but to the nation as a whole. This process is one of the most
po safeguards of our democratic form of government. Leave the Electoral College and the
Consible
SW. Schm." the Electoral College at No. Arook Center, November 16, 2004
1. What is the Point of View of this document?
3. Do you think there is Bias in this document? Why?
3. Is this a reliable source or not? Why?
Document Chart
2000 Election Results
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George W. Bush
Al Gore
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Percentage of Popular 479%
1. Based on the chart above, which candidate won the popular vote in 2000? Which candidate
the devote!
2. How might this be used as evidence against or for the Electoral College?
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