270 electoral votes 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.
There are a number of reasons why the electoral college has not be abolished. The electoral college is quick and easy to understand for example.
The Electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (NovaNET)----the electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (novanet)----
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
the total number is 538.
By the population of the state.
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
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During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
. Marcus will win because she has the required number of electoral votes.
The electoral college