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270 electoral votes in the 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.
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∙ 9y agoA candidate has to receive 270 electoral votes in order to become President of the United States. California is the state with the most electoral votes.
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How many current votes does Barack Obama have?
64 in electrol votes
Why does California have 55 electrol votes?
Because of the size of its population - as is the system for every other State.
How the president and the congress of the US elected?
THE president is elected by the electrol college. Congress is elected by the people
How many electrol votes does Arizona have in 2015?
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. Therefore, Arizona had 11 electoral votes in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. There was no presidential election in 2015.
How does the Electrol College work?
The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors who cast votes to decide the President of the United States. When the citizens of the United States vote the electors in the electoral college receive those votes and vote for the person chosen by that states people.
How many electoral votes were there in 2012?
There were 538 electoral votes in the 2012 US presidential election.
How many votes make a majority in the House?
If everyone in the US House of Representative votes, a majority is 218. If everyone votes, there is no chance of a tie.
How many votes does North Carolina have in the US Congress?
Thirteen.
How many electoral votes does Pennsylvania have?
Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes.PA has 17 electoral votes
How many electoral votes for US President does New York cast?
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
How many popular votes did Barry Goldwater receive in the US Presidential election?
27,175,754. He got 38.5% of popular votes.
How many votes did Thomas Jefferson get when he was elected for The President Of The US?
787,894
