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English
12th
grade
Prepositions Practice: NY Times Electoral College
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- 1. Multiple Choice
______ 2016, Donald Trump won the White House ______ earning a majority ______ electoral votes, even though almost three million more Americans voted ______ Hillary Clinton
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- 2. Multiple Choice
Republicans especially worry about tipping the balance away ______ their party.
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- 3. Multiple Choice
The point is, even accounting ______ demographic changes, neither party has a built-in advantage ______ a popular-vote system.
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- 4. Multiple Choice
The founders disagreed so strongly that the final Electoral College system wasn’t adopted ______ the last minute, thrown together ______ a few delegates ______ a side room.
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- 5. Multiple Choice
Some ______ the most important framers, including James Madison and James Wilson, wanted ______ write a direct popular vote ______ the Constitution.
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- 6. Multiple Choice
Enslaved people couldn’t vote, but they were still counted ______ the slave states’ representation ______ Congress.
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- 7. Multiple Choice
That meant more power ______ those states ______ an Electoral College system, and slave states didn’t want to give up that power.
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- 8. Multiple Choice
The way the Electoral College gets implemented is the result ______ dozens ______ state laws, which evolved over time as the country settled ______ a two-party system.
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- 9. Multiple Choice
Candidates focus ______ swing states because they actually have a chance ______ flipping them and winning a bucket ______ electoral votes.
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- 10. Multiple Choice
Candidates spend almost no time talking ______ issues that matter ______ millions of voters elsewhere, like public transportation ______ New York or climate change ______ California.
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- 11. Multiple Choice
If a candidate wins the popular vote ______ a state, even ______ a single vote, they get all ______ that state’s electoral votes.
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- 12. Multiple Choice
Let’s put the power ______ select the president where it actually belongs, ______ the hands ______ all the people.
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