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Why did the house of representatives decide the winners in the election of 1824?
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
How does redistricting relate to electoral college?
The number of a state's electoral votes is the state's total number of U.S. Senators and Representatives, so every time a state gains or loses House seats, it gains or loses the same number of electoral votes.
Where electoral votes are given to states based on?
The number of house representatives the state has plus the two senate seats.
How many seats did David Cameron have?
isnt asact number but he got 1/3 of the votes, making him the most popular party
When electoral winners are not the same as electoral votes?
FL has 27 electoral votes FL has 27 electoral votes
How many electoral votes are needed tp elect a US president?
As long as the number of states and the number of House seats remain unchanged, 270 votes qualifies as an absolute majority.
Who votes for the Grammy Award winners?
All of the fans!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many votes needed to pass a joint resolution of Congress?
This would take a simple majority in both Houses of Congress. 218 votes in the House and 51 votes in the Senate if all seats are filled and everybody votes. The VP could break a tie-vote in the Senate.
How are elector votes determine?
The number of votes a state has is the total number of Senators and Congressmen.First, every state starts off with two votes (each state has 2 senators; that's why).Now add:The number of U.S. representatives the state has, which is at least one.(Besides the states, the District of Columbia gets 3 votes, so the total number of electoral votes is 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC) = 538. )The number of electoral votes per state is changed every 10 years, when the US Congress re-apportions the seats in the House of Representatives based on the new census. The total is fixed at 435 and the number of seats each state gets is determined by the population of each state relative to the total population with a minimum of one.
What is the total number of votes in the electoral votes?
Overall there are a total of 538 electors and so 538 electoral votes.Each state gets one electoral vote for each member of the House of Representatives and two electoral votes for the number of Senators. The number of members in the House of Representatives was fixed at 435 in 1911 and there are two senators from each state, for a total of 535 votes from all of the states. The District of Columbia get 3 votes to make the grand total 538.It follows that the majority required to elect is 270 votes. (538/2 + 1 = 270)
Why does Pennsylvania have 20 electoral votes?
Pennsylvania appoints 20 electors because Pennsylvania is entitled to a total Congressional representation of 20, 2 in the Senate and 18 in the House of Representatives. Pennsylvania is allowed 18 House members because the ratio of the U. S. population to Pennsylvania's population is about the same as the ratio of 435, the total number of seats in the House, to 18.
The number of electors a state has in the electoral college equals?
The same number of representatives the state has in congress. The more populous the state, the more electors it gets. California has the most, while states with fewer people only have 1. I believe North Dakota and Wyoming only have 1.
