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Which is more important electoral votes of popular votes?
Candidates need a majority of electoral votes to be elected. Because most states* award all of their electoral votes to the top candidate in that state, candidates do not need to win the national popular vote to win a majority of electoral votes. The result is that winning a few large population states (called swing states), even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. In 1876, 1888, and 2000, the winning candidate did not get the most popular votes nationwide.
How would the National Popular Vote bill change current Electoral College?
When states with a combined total of at least 270 electoral votes enact the bill, the candidate with the most popular votes in all 50 states and DC would get the needed majority of 270+ electoral votes from the enacting states. The bill would thus guarantee the Presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes and the majority of Electoral College votes.
How do most states decide the winner of their electoral votes?
By popular vote.
What states assign electoral votes by county?
None, but Maine and Nebraska each bases two electoral votes on the popular vote of the state and each additional electoral vote on the popular vote of each congressional district.
How does Minnesota decide how many electoral votes each candidate will get?
All ten of Minnesota's electoral votes go to the Presidential candidate with the most popular votes in the state and his running mate.
Are US senators elected by electoral votes or popular votes?
Popular votes
Why do states with a lot of land have few electoral votes?
Electoral votes are based on the state's population. This is why states with a lot of land can have fewer electoral votes than smaller states.
Does primary winner get all electoral votes?
The primary elections are used to select the candidate for each party. There are no electoral votes associated with a primary election. Electoral votes are won by the winner in the General Election on Election Day.
When a president canididate wins a states electoral votes do they win all of them or just part of them?
In U.S. Presidential elections, D.C. and every state except Nebraska and Maine gives 100% of their electoral votes to the candidate who gets the most popular votes within their state. In Nebraska and Maine, two electoral votes go to the candidate who gets the most popular votes within each state, and one electoral vote goes to the candidate who gets the most popular votes in each of the states' congressional districts.
How many states can a candidate win and still lose the election?
When referring to the Electoral College and Presidential elections, a candidate can win by taking: California (55 electoral votes) Texas (28 electoral votes) Florida (29 electoral votes) New York (29 electoral votes) Illinois (20 electoral votes) Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) Ohio (18 electoral votes) Georgia (16 electoral votes) Michigan (16 electoral votes) New Jersey (15 electoral votes) Virginia (14 electoral votes) - a total of 11 states for 270 electoral votes which means a candidate can lose the other 39 states and District of Columbia and still win the election.
How can a candidate win the popular vote but lose the election?
A candidate can win the popular vote but lose the election if they receive more votes from the general public but fewer electoral votes from the Electoral College. The Electoral College system in the United States determines the winner of the presidential election based on the number of electoral votes each candidate receives, rather than the total number of popular votes nationwide.
Have there ever been a candidate who won by having more popular votes than electoral votes?
Not in the United States. The way the US is set up, the president is elected by electoral votes, not popular. In fact, President George W. Bush received a smaller portion of the popular vote instead of the electoral vote I believe.
