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How does the U.S. determined who has won the presidential election?
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∙ 8y ago
The above answer needs to be amended slightly. Each State's number of Electoral Votes is equal to the number of US Senators & US Representatives in the US Congress. Each State has just two US Senators and at least one US Representative. The number of US Representatives nationwide is distributed based on population (total 435), however each state has two senators regardless of population (total 100). Additionally, Washington DC has three electoral votes. As a result, Washington, DC and those states with the smallest populations have more Electoral Votes than if the Electoral Votes were distributed solely by population.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoEach state carries a different number of Electoral votes, based on population. The winner of the popular vote in each state wins the Electoral votes of that state. The candidate with the most Electoral votes wins the election.
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