<p>I was wondering why does popular vote matter in a presidential election because I thought the electoral college is directly responible for the presidential election? What I got from my prep guide, is that the candidate that get elected to become president normally get the majority of the popular vote, but there were 4 incidents where the candidate won the election with the majority of the electoral votes, not the majority of the popular votes! So, what is the difference between popular vote and electoral vote?</p>
<p>electoral vote is usually winner take all.
But one has to win enough popular votes to get all the electoral vote.</p>
<p>Popular vote=Each person's vote... like 28,000,000 voted for Bob and 27,000,000 voted for George. Bob would win in this senario.</p>
<p>Electoral vote=All the state's votes...like 220 electoral votes for Bob, but there were 278 electoral votes for George..</p>
<p>Even though Bob won the popular vote, George win the election becuase he has more electoral votes...</p>
<p>To get the states electoral votes, one has to win the popular votes of the states, hence, popular vote only matter in individual states to get the electoral votes.</p>
<p>What is the similarities/differences between the national deficit and national debt?</p>
<p>a deficit occurs when the govt spends more than it recieves
the debt is how much the govt owes</p>
<p>Bill Clinton balanced the budget, getting rid of the deficit for a few years, but it did very little to reduce the national debt. He did prevent the debt from growing in those years.</p>
<p>I knew the defintions of both of these terms that you give me, but how does the debt differ from the deficit? Here is my logic: Deficit-The govt. spend $1 million, but it get $500,000 in revenue so the debt is $500,000!</p>
<p>if the govt spends 1 mil and recieves 500,000 for the fiscal year of 2006, the deficit is 500,000</p>
<p>the debt would be whatever it was before the 2006 fiscal year plus the 500,000</p>
<p>does that answer it?</p>
<p>STLFan,
don't worry about such miniscule differences
AP isn't gonna test that
just know that deficit and debt refer to the government spending more money than it has, usually by selling bonds or borrowing from other countries.</p>
<p>Yup, it did!</p>
<p>What are the differences between independent regulatory agencies and independent executive agencies?</p>
<p>independent regulatory agencies are responsible for oversight of part of the economy. The heads serve for a fixed term. Independent executive agencies aren't part of executive departments and report directly to the president.</p>
<p>anyone have the grading scale for the exam?</p>
<p>what's pork barrel legislation?</p>
<p>oh great, i dont even know what test i am taking, here i am trying ot understand the comp gov format when i am taking american gov test..</p>
<p>pork barrel legislation: it is basically when legislatures want to pass/create legislation which is useless and not beneficial to the whole country, only to a city. ex: Mr. Guppyfish got complaints from idaho that people keep on falling on sidewalks because the tree roots are sticking out. So he passes a legislation that gives aid to them. Its basically helping out in petty situations instead of using that time to pass important legislation like the voting rights act or something. it is controversial. It also has to do with federalism, and whether the federal gov should be involved in small petty instances, or should just leave that to the smaller governments.</p>
<p>Isn't it legislation giving benefits to a certain congressperson's district? </p>
<p>lol, I'm screwed.</p>
<p>yes it is.. lol at least you know which test you are taking =p</p>
<p>how is pork barrel different from casework?</p>
<p>What terms and/or events do you think people should know for the AP U.S. Govt. Exam for tomorrow? Who is cramming for this test beside me, lol?</p>
<p>guys, this is a problem from the real ap test.
Major differences between procedures in the House of Representatives and the senate would include:
I. In the House, time for debate is limited, whie in th Senate it is usually unlimited.
II. In the House, the rules committee isvery powerful, while in the Senate it is relatively weak.
III. IN THE House, debate must be germane, while in the Senate it need not be.</p>
<p>(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only
(D) I and II only (E) I, II, and III</p>
<p>I have no idea what the answer is. somebody help.</p>
<p>Also what is Dennis v United States?</p>