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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The states choose as many electors as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
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How many electoral votes for US President does New York cast?
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2008?
Illinois was allowed to cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.
The first act of the new Congress which convened on March 4 1789 was to count the that were cast in the presidential election?
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
How many electoral votes did Virginia cast in 2004?
Virginia had 13 electoral votes in 2004, which they cast for George W. Bush (R).
How many electoral votes did Virginia cast in 2008?
Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama (D) who received 1,959,532 votes to John McCain's (R) 1,725,005 votes.
How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 1984?
Virginia had 12 electoral votes in 1984, which they cast for Ronald Reagan (R)
How many electoral votes did Wisconsin have in 2004?
Wisconsin had 10 electoral votes in 2004; they were cast for John Kerry (D).
Who did the Indiana state give their electoral votes to?
Indiana cast its 11 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
How many electoral votes did McCain get from Tennessee?
Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for John McCain in the 2008 election.
Who won Missouri in the 2012 electoral votes?
Missouri cast its 10 electoral votes for Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.
Which candidate got electoral votes from Texas?
Texas cast its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
Where did Obama receive all 27 electoral votes?
Barack Obama received all 27 electoral votes from Florida.
