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Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. 270 electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. 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. 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 is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A "majority" is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
If no candidate receives a "majority" of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
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What role did the electoral college make in the 2000 election?
George Bush became president because of the vote in the electoral college, despite not winning a plurality of the popular vote
What is the name of the UK electoral system?
Single Member District Plurality or SMDP. Same as the United States (electoral college)=manufactured majority
Name one state where the winner of the election is not awarded all the electoral college votes of that state?
Maine and Nebraska are the only states that do not award all of their electoral votes under multiple-winner plurality. In both states, the state at large has two electoral votes elected unti multiple-winner plurality. Each congressional district in these states also has a single electoral vote allocated using single-winner plurality, making it possible for the state to give electoral votes to multiple candidates.
This system is often called a winner-take-all system?
the Electoral College
Who ellects the president of the US?
The electoral college
Who directly elect the president?
electoral college
Do you favor abolishing the electoral college?
We the people, not we electoral college
Who are the electors in the electoral college?
The citizens are the voters for the electoral college.
How does redistricting relate to electoral college?
The number of a state's electoral votes is the state's total number of U.S. Senators and Representatives, so every time a state gains or loses House seats, it gains or loses the same number of electoral votes.
Who is against the electoral college?
Individuals who support the candidate that lost the Electoral College election generally are against the Electoral College system.
After people vote in their state the is used to determine the winner of the presidential race?
electoral college The Electoral College probabably electoral college
The US presidential election features the?
electoral college.
