How does the number of electoral college votes a presidential candidate has compare to the number of popular votes a presidential candidate has? sometimes the electoral college votes do not reflect the popular vote. it's the number of electoral college votes that determines who is elected president. the electoral college votes are calculated using the popular vote. so the candidate who is elected president will have the most votes in both categories. the president is elected based on the popular vote, or number of people who voted. the electoral college votes only matter if there is a tie between candidates. the popular vote determines who will be president. the electoral college votes determine whether the democratic or republican party will have the most influence in government.

It is widely assumed that people need to engage in intellectual activities such as solving crossword puzzles or mathematics problems in order to maintain mental sharpness as they age. in fact, however, simply talking to other people—that is, participating in social interaction, which engages many mental and perceptual skills—suffices. evidence to this effect comes from a study showing that the more social contact people report, the better their mental skills. which of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the force of the evidence cited? (a) as people grow older, they are often advised to keep exercising their physical and mental capacities in order to maintain or improve them. (b) many medical conditions and treatments that adversely affect a person's mental sharpness also tend to increase that person's social isolation. (c) many people are proficient both in social interactions and in solving mathematical problems. (d) the study did not itself collect data but analyzed data bearing on the issue from prior studies. (e) the tasks evaluating mental sharpness for which data were compiled by the study were more akin to mathematics problems than to conversation.