Each state gets electoral votes equal to the number of members of the House of Representatives from that state plus the number of Senators from that state. Currently there are 435 members of the house and 100 members of the senate and the District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. 435+100+3=538. In order to be elected President of the United States a candidate need a majority of the electoral votes so 538 divided by two is 269 and in order to get a majority he would need at least one vote over half or 270 votes.
There is exactly 538 in the Electoral College System.
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
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California had 10 electoral college votes in 1908.
Arkansas has 6 electoral voters for 2012
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the total number is 538.
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