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A person needs 270 electoral votes to win an election.
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Did Benjamin Franklin win the election against Grover Cleveland because he had more electoral votes?
Benjamin Franklin did not run against Grover Cleveland. Benjamin Harrison won the 1888 presidential election defeating incumbent President Grover Cleveland. In the 1888 presidential election Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes and Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Cleveland 5,534,488 and Harrison 5,443,892.
If a presidential candidate wins 300 electoral votes by how many electral votes did that candidate exceed the minimum number of votes required?
only if there were 598 or 599 electoral votes An absolute majority of 538 electoral votes is 270 or more.
How is it possible for a presidential candidate to get more votes but still lose an election?
More people can vote for a candidate who loses because it's not the votes of the public that elect the President and Vice-President. The votes cast by the public in November are used by each state to determine who that state's electors will vote for in the real Presidential election in December. 48 of the 50 states plus D.C. use a winner-takes-all system, in which 100% of the state's votes go to the candidate who receives the most votes in that state in the November election. The number of electors each state has is equal to the total number of Representatives and Senators the state has in Congress. Every state has two Senators, and the 435 House Members are divided among the states based on population, with each state getting at least one. The state with the smallest population, Wyoming, casts three votes, and the state with the most people, California, casts 55.
What is the significance of the election of 1864?
The 1864 election was a great personal triumph for Abraham Lincoln. He won 55 percent of the popular vote, with a popular majority of more than 400,000 votes. ... The 1864 election had great significance in American history. For one thing, it was a vindication of democracy
Why was the election of 1824 controversal?
According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1804. In 1796, the recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. In the 1796 presidential election there was a total of 136 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 69 votes to win the presidential election. John Adams was elected president with 71 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson received 68 electoral votes. Others receiving votes included Thomas Pinckney - John Adams' vice-presidential running mate (59), Aaron Burr (30), Samuel Adams (15), O. Ellsworth (11), George Clinton (7), John Jay (5), James Iredell (3), S. Johnston (2), George Washington (2), John Henry (2), and Charles C. Pinckney (1). The United States presidential election of 1796 was the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Although John Adams won, Thomas Jefferson received more electoral votes than John Adams' vice-presidential running mate Thomas Pinckney and Jefferson was elected Vice-President.
How many votes did NDA get in the recent election?
More than 34 % of the total votes polled.
What is the percentage of voter who has actually cast their votes?
to win an election is it necessary for a person to secure more than half the votes polled
How many votes does a candidate have to receive?
A candidate must receive a majority of votes to win an election. The specific number of votes needed varies depending on the election and the voting system in place. In most cases, it is the candidate who receives more than 50% of the votes cast who wins.
How many more electoral votes does Romney need to win the republican nomination?
A romney needs 1,000 votes two win an electoral election
How many votes are not counted yet for the election?
well there are alot more places that have been counted as yet.such as flordia
How many votes will the winner need in the Wisconsin governor recall election?
One more than the other side has.
How many vote does it take to be president?
It depends on how many votes the other candidate is getting. If you were a candidate running for president, and if your opponent had 74 votes, you'd have to get more than that to win the election. If he got 98, you have to get more than 98 to win.
How did Jackson lose the election of 1824 even though he had the most electoral votes?
According to the U.S. Constitution, in order to win a presidential election a person must receive votes from more than half of the appointed electors. The Election of 1824 was the only U.S. presidential election to date in which nobody received that many votes. Whenever that happens, the U.S. House of Representatives elects the President. In 1824, they elected John Quincy Adams.1824 U.S. Presidential Election - Electoral Votes:131 votes - minimum required99 votes - U.S. Sen. Andrew Jackson (DR-TN)84 votes - U.S. Sec. of State John Quincy Adams (DR-MA)41 votes - U.S. Treasury Sec. William H. Crawford (DR-GA)37 votes - Speaker of the House Henry Clay (DR-KY)1824 U.S. Presidential Election in the House of Representatives:13 votes - minimum required13 votes - John Quincy Adams7 votes - Andrew Jackson4 votes - William H. Crawford
Why did Carter defeat Ford in the election?
Because he got more votes.
How many electoral votes does Barack Obama get now?
With all the votes counted, President Obama ended up with 332 electoral votes, more than enough to gain re-election to a second term as president.
What election was a close-call election between Al Gore and George W. Bush?
Yes, the election was very close. Gore won the popular vote total by more than 450,000 votes, but Bush won 5 more electoral votes to win the election. The was a big dispute over the vote count in Florida where Bush won by 512 votes out of 2.9 million and so gained 25 electoral votes.
How many votes does a person need to win a seat in parliament?
There's no threshold. They just need to get more votes than their opponents.
