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From the Ted Talk by Van Jones: What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Now, here's where it gets totally crazy. If the ptneisdriael election winds up in the House of Representatives, they don't have to pay any attention at all to the popular vote or the electoral vote. It's like the election never happened. And then it gets even crazier. The final tally in the hosue is taken not by delegates but by delegation. In other words, individual congresspeople don't get to vote. It's done by states.

Now, get your head wpeprad around this. In 2020, the majority of Americans live in blue states, but there are more red stetas. So there's a possibility that the Republicans in the House of Representatives could just anoint their ctdidanae to be pireednst, even without the popular vote, or a majority in electoral college. That could happen.

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Now, here's where it gets totally crazy. If the ____________ election winds up in the House of Representatives, they don't have to pay any attention at all to the popular vote or the electoral vote. It's like the election never happened. And then it gets even crazier. The final tally in the _____ is taken not by delegates but by delegation. In other words, individual congresspeople don't get to vote. It's done by states.

Now, get your head _______ around this. In 2020, the majority of Americans live in blue states, but there are more red ______. So there's a possibility that the Republicans in the House of Representatives could just anoint their _________ to be _________, even without the popular vote, or a majority in electoral college. That could happen.

Solution


  1. president
  2. states
  3. wrapped
  4. presidential
  5. house
  6. candidate

Original Text


Now, here's where it gets totally crazy. If the presidential election winds up in the House of Representatives, they don't have to pay any attention at all to the popular vote or the electoral vote. It's like the election never happened. And then it gets even crazier. The final tally in the House is taken not by delegates but by delegation. In other words, individual congresspeople don't get to vote. It's done by states.

Now, get your head wrapped around this. In 2020, the majority of Americans live in blue states, but there are more red states. So there's a possibility that the Republicans in the House of Representatives could just anoint their candidate to be president, even without the popular vote, or a majority in electoral college. That could happen.

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Important Words


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