In the general election of 2012, Barack Obama received 281 electoral votes. His challenger, Mitt Romney received 191. 271 are required to win the election.
As of June 11, 2012, the answer is: 1,480
enough to do the job, so far.......
So far. . .minus 50
Clinton dropped out of the race so, Obama has the most delegates since he is the only runner for the Democrats.
8 times so far.
As of March 1st, 2012 Mitt Romney has won 439 delegates. Please refer to the related link for a list that is constantly updating.
obama has beacme a president
WAAAY more that we can afford!
BUSH no barack obama! 44th president!
There have been 44 Presidents so far. The first was George Washington and the fourty-four is Barack Obama.
The important thing when running for nomination is delegates. The delegates from each state vote on who the nominee will be. In some states, the counties decide the state delegates, and the precincts decide the county delegates and so on. It is mathematically possible for someone who comes last in a state to collect all the delegates, and that is what Ron Paul claims to be doing in many states. Nevertheless, delegate estimates are putting him in last, and he hasn't won any state outright yet, so his campaign isn't going as well as the other candidates' so far.
Barack Obama is the only US president with any black ancestors. His father was a black African.