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How many electoral college votes does a Presidential candidate have to receive to win the Electoral College?
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∙ 6y ago
Each state receives the same number of electors as the number of its congressmen (which is always different) and the number of its senators (which is always two) put together. Florida, for example, has twenty-five congressmen, and two senators, so therefore currently is entitled to twenty-seven electors.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 6y ago270 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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∙ 13y agoThe presidential & vice-presidential candidates who receive the greatest number of electoral votes win.
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A presidential election is won by the candidate who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
What is the US Presidential voting system called?
The Electoral college is the Presidential voting system. The electoral college gives each state a certain amount of electoral votes. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of the citizens votes, he will also get the electoral vote.
A presidential election is won by candidates who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
How many total Electoral College votes does a presidential candidate need?
280.
Who do the people vote for to turn in their cast vote for the presidential candidate?
The Electoral College
Who do the people vote for in turn cast their vote for a presidential candidate?
The Electoral College
What is the older method by which a party's representatives in congress nominated its presidential candidate?
Electoral College
Can a presidential candidate win an election without the majority of the electoral college vote?
Yes
The US presidential election features the?
electoral college.
Does every electoral college vote count?
Yes, every electoral college vote is important. Republic Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes.
What college was the president chosen by?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President of the United States.
What is the name of the college that totals the presidential votes?
The name of the college that totals the presidential votes is the Electoral College.
