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How many electoral votes total has there been since its' creation?
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Below is a list of everyone who has received electoral votes in U. S. Presidential elections and the grand total number of votes that each received:
- 1876 votes - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1932, 1936, 1940 & 1944)
- 1040 votes - Richard M. Nixon (1960, 1968 & 1972)
- 1015 votes - Ronald Reagan (1980 & 1984, plus 1 vote from a faithless elector in '76)
- 899 votes - Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952 & 1956)
- 749 votes - Bill Clinton (1992 & 1996)
- 712 votes - Woodrow Wilson (1912 & 1916)
- 664 votes - Grover Cleveland (1884, 1888 & 1892)
- 594 votes - George H. W. Bush (1988 & 1992)
- 563 votes - William McKinley (1896 & 1900)
- 557 votes - George W. Bush (2000 & 2004)
- 503 votes - Herbert Hoover (1928 & 1932)
- 500 votes - Ulysses S. Grant (1868 & 1872)
- 496 votes - Andrew Jackson (1824, 1828 & 1832)
- 493 votes - William Jennings Bryan (1896, 1900 & 1908; most votes of anyone who was never President)
- 486 votes - Lyndon B. Johnson (1964)
- 424 votes - Theodore Roosevelt (1904 & 1912)
- 414 votes - James Monroe (1816 & 1820)
- 404 votes - Warren G. Harding (1920)
- 392 votes - Abraham Lincoln (1860 & 1864)
- 382 votes - Calvin Coolidge (1924)
- 378 votes - Benjamin Harrison (1888 & 1892)
- 365 votes - Barack Obama (2008)
- 346 votes - Jimmy Carter (1976 & 1980)
- 329 votes - William H. Taft (1908 & 1912)
- 307 votes - Thomas Jefferson (1792, 1796, 1800 & 1804)
- 307 votes - William Henry Harrison (1836 & 1840)
- 303 votes - Harry S Truman (1948)
- 303 votes - John F. Kennedy (1960)
- 288 votes - Thomas E. Dewey (1944 & 1948)
- 266 votes - Al Gore (2000)
- 254 votes - Franklin Pierce (1852)
- 254 votes - Charles E. Hughes (1916)
- 251 votes - John F. Kerry (2004)
- 250 votes - James Madison (1808 & 1812)
- 247 votes - John Adams (1789, 1792, 1796 & 1800)
- 240 votes - Gerald R. Ford (1976)
- 230 votes - Martin Van Buren (1836 & 1840)
- 214 votes - James A. Garfield (1880)
- 203 votes - George Washington (1789, 1792 & 1796)
- 191 votes - Henry Clay (1824, 1832 & 1844)
- 191 votes - Hubert H. Humphrey (1968)
- 185 votes - Rutherford B. Hayes (1876)
- 184 votes - Samuel J. Tilden (1876)
- 182 votes - James G. Blaine (1884)
- 174 votes - James Buchanan (1856)
- 173 votes - John McCain (2008)
- 170 votes - James K. Polk (1844)
- 168 votes - John Quincy Adams (1820, 1824 & 1828)
- 163 votes - Zachary Taylor (1848)
- 162 votes - Adlai E. Stevenson II (1952 & 1956)
- 159 votes - Bob Dole (1996)
- 155 votes - Winfield S. Hancock (1880)
- 140 votes - Alton B. Parker (1904)
- 136 votes - John W. Davis (1924)
- 127 votes - Lewis Cass (1848)
- 127 votes - James M. Cox (1920)
- 126 votes - Charles C. Pinckney (1796, 1800, 1804 & 1808)
- 114 votes - John C. Frémont (1856)
- 111 votes - Michael S. Dukakis (1988)
- 104 votes - Aaron Burr (1792, 1796 & 1800)
- 89 votes - DeWitt Clinton (1812)
- 87 votes - Alfred E. Smith (1928)
- 82 votes - Wendell L. Willkie (1940)
- 80 votes - Horatio Seymour (1868)
- 72 votes - John C. Breckinridge (1860)
- 66 votes - George Clinton (1789, 1792, 1796 & 1808)
- 59 votes - Thomas Pinckney (1796)
- 52 votes - Barry M. Goldwater (1964)
- 46 votes - George C. Wallace (1968)
- 42 votes - Winfield Scott (1852)
- 42 votes - Thomas A. Hendricks (1872)
- 41 votes - William H. Crawford (1824)
- 39 votes - John Bell (1860)
- 39 votes - J. Strom Thurmond (1948)
- 34 votes - Rufus King (1816)
- 26 votes - Hugh L. White (1836)
- 22 votes - James B. Weaver (1892)
- 21 votes - George B. McClellan (1864)
- 18 votes - B. Gratz Brown (1872)
- 17 votes - George McGovern (1972)
- 15 votes - Samuel Adams (1796)
- 15 votes - John Jay (1789, 1792 & 1800)
- 15 votes - Harry F. Byrd (1960)
- 14 votes - Daniel Webster (1836)
- 13 votes - Robert M. LaFollette (1924)
- 13 votes - Walter F. Mondale (1984)
- 12 votes - Stephen A. Douglas (1860)
- 11 votes - Oliver Ellsworth (1796)
- 11 votes - John Floyd (1832)
- 11 votes - Willie P. Mangum (1836)
- 8 votes - Millard Fillmore (1856; fewest votes of anyone who had been President)
- 8 votes - Alfred M. Landon (1936)
- 7 votes - William Wirt (1832)
- 6 votes - Robert H. Harrison (1789)
- 6 votes - John Rutledge (1789)
- 4 votes - John Hancock (1789)
- 3 votes - James Iradell (1796)
Five men received two votes each, and eight men received one vote each, making a grand total of 22,904 votes.
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How many total electoral votes do you have to get?
you have to get 270 electoral votes to win
What is the total number of electoral votes in 1856?
There were 296 electoral votes in 1856.
How many electoral votes has each president gotten since 1980?
Total 270
What is the number of electoral votes in the electoral college today?
The total number of electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College is 538. 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.
Did John McCain or Barack Obama get more electoral votes?
Barack Obama received more electoral votes, receiving 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes
If there are a total of 535 congressman where does the total of 538 electoral votes come from?
The District of Columbia does not have a voting congressional delegation. However, under the 23rd amendment, the District is entitled to the same number of electoral votes as the state with the least number of electoral votes in presidential elections. Since the states with the least number of votes have three votes, the Washington D.C. is entitled to three electoral votes, so there are 538 total votes even though there are only 535 congresspeople.
What is the total electoral votes in presidential election?
538 votes
What is the maximum possible number of electoral votes accumulated to win the presidency and still lose.?
The United States requires 270 electoral votes for a candidate to win the presidency. Since there are a total of 538 votes available, a candidate can lose with 268 votes.
How many electoral college voted for president?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. 270 electoral votes in the U.S. 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.
How many total electoral votes are there and how many does a candidate need to win the election?
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.
How many electoral votes does the president need to win a presidential election?
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. 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. The states choose as many electors as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. 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 in the Electoral College is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
How many states can a candidate win and still lose the election?
When referring to the Electoral College and Presidential elections, a candidate can win by taking: California (55 electoral votes) Texas (28 electoral votes) Florida (29 electoral votes) New York (29 electoral votes) Illinois (20 electoral votes) Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) Ohio (18 electoral votes) Georgia (16 electoral votes) Michigan (16 electoral votes) New Jersey (15 electoral votes) Virginia (14 electoral votes) - a total of 11 states for 270 electoral votes which means a candidate can lose the other 39 states and District of Columbia and still win the election.
