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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President and Vice-President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President and the Vice-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 and the vice-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 and the vice-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.
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What were Mississippi's electoral votes cast for?
president and vice president
Which VP has cast the most tie-breaking votes in the Senate and how many did he cast?
John Adams holds the record for number of tie-breaking votes. He cast 29 votes while he was Vice President. Vice President John Calhoun is second with 28 tie-breaking votes.
How was the vice president originally chosen?
Originally, from 1789 until 1800, there were not separate elections for President and Vice President. Each elector cast two votes, and whoever had the second-highest number of votes was the Vice President.
How was the vice president elected before 1804?
Before the 12th amendment was ratified, the presidential electors each cast two votes for President and the second place finisher was made the vice-president. Nowadays, separate votes are take for President and vice-president.
What is the month in which electors cast votes for president and vice president of the United States?
It was in December
What did the twelfth amendment to the constitution do?
changed the way votes were cast for the President and vice president
When the people cast their votes in the presidential elections they are voting for?
The general public does not elect the President and Vice President of the U.S.; they elect the electors of the President and Vice President.
In the framers plan candidate with second highest electro votes would become?
Vice President of the United States
How many electoral votes did pennsylvania's governor get?
none,electoral college only votes for president n vice president
What candidate was elected by the Electoral College in December 2012?
In December 2012 the U.S. electoral college cast 332 votes for Barack Obama for U.S. President and 206 votes for Mitt Romney for President, thus reelecting Barack Obama to a second and final term as President. At the same time they cast 332 votes for Joe Biden for U.S. Vice President and 206 votes for Paul Ryan for Vice President, thus reelecting Joe Biden to a second term as Vice President.
What is the only time the leader of the senate votes on issues?
The only time that the leader of the Senate (the Vice President) votes on issues is in the case of a tie in the Senate. The Vice President then must cast the tie-breaking vote.
Why would the vice president be able to cast a vote in the senate?
As the President of the Senate, he votes to break any tie vote.
