Q 01/05

How many electors are in the US Electoral College?

A) 538

B) 435

C) 440

D) 500

Answer · why

A) 538

435 representatives plus 100 senators plus three for Washington, D.C.

Q 02/05

How many electoral votes does a US presidential candidate need to win outright?

A) 280

B) 270

C) 300

D) 320

Answer · why

B) 270

Without a majority, the House of Representatives chooses the president under the Twelfth Amendment.

Q 03/05

Which two states split their electoral votes by congressional district instead of winner-take-all?

A) Vermont and Alaska

B) Iowa and New Hampshire

C) Maine and Nebraska

D) Colorado and Oregon

Answer · why

C) Maine and Nebraska

Maine has done so since 1972 and Nebraska since 1992.

Q 04/05

Which state has the most electoral votes?

A) Texas

B) Florida

C) New York

D) California

Answer · why

D) California

It has 54; Texas has 40, Florida 30 and New York 28.

Q 05/05

Which amendment gave Washington, D.C. its three electoral votes?

A) Twenty-third

B) Twelfth

C) Nineteenth

D) Twenty-sixth

Answer · why

A) Twenty-third

It was ratified in 1961; the district gets no more electors than the least populous state.