English, 22.01.2021 17:40 deannabrown2293
Refer to the Newsela article "PRO/CON: Should We Abolish the Electoral College?"
Part A
Read the text under the heading "CON: Keep Protecting Our Smaller States from Bigger States."
Which claim does the author make as a con for doing away with the Electoral College?
All electoral votes should go to the winner of the popular election.
Doing away with the Electoral College will impact the rights of the smaller states.
Individuals have the constitutional right to determine the winner of the presidential election.
Larger states should have a greater say in the outcome of a presidential election.
Question 2
Part B
Read this excerpt from the article.
For example, California, with 55 electoral votes, has more people than the 21 smallest states combined. Yet those 21 states have a combined total of 92 electoral votes, or more than one-third of the total votes needed to win.
Does this excerpt provide evidence that effectively supports the claim identified in Part A?
Yes, because it gives an example regarding how the Electoral College protects small states.
Yes, because it indicates the power of large states such as California.
No, because it shows that small states have one-third of the voting power.
No, because it contrasts the voting power of California with that of 21 small states.
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