After completing a review of the 25th amendment and the order of succession if a president resigns or dies in office, we examined the purpose and mechanics of the electoral college in presidential elections. Olivia discussed the concerns of the 18th Century framers that average citizens did not have the capability of electing a president as the motive for the electoral college, and from there I provided instruction on the mechanics of the process. I discussed the "winner take all" rule applicable in 48 of the states that awards all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who has the most votes in that state even if that candidate wins by only one vote. I then placed on the screen working examples of how a candidate can accumulate a huge lead in the popular vote by winning by big margins in populated states and still not accumulate the necessary 270 votes to win the electoral college vote. In this regard, we will look at a synopsis of the Bush V Gore US Supreme Court case tomorrow. For homework I assigned reading pages 305-308 and completing the study guide on the reading.