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How many votes are cast in the electoral college for a presidential election?
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There are 538 votes in the U.S. electoral college. 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.
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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.
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.
Does the constitution provide for the winner of the popular votes in a presidential election to also be the winner of the Electoral College votes?
no
How are Texas' electoral votes divided?
Texas casts its electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College on a winner-take-all basis. The winner of the presidential election on Election Day in Texas gets all of Texas' electoral votes.
The 2000 presidential election was decided by electoral college votes in the state of?
flo-rida
How many electoral votes did Wisconsin have in the last presidential election?
Wisconsin had 10 electoral votes in the 2008 Presidential election. They will also have 10 electoral votes in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Presidential elections
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.
The first act of the new Congress which convened on March 4 1789 was to count the that were cast in the presidential election?
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
When Jefferson win electoral college?
Thomas Jefferson won the 1804 presidential election defeating Charles Pinckney. In the 1804 presidential election Thomas Jefferson received 162 electoral votes and Charles Pinckney received 14 electoral votes.
What is the total electoral votes in presidential election?
538 votes
How many electoral college votes did Romney get?
In the 2012 presidential election Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes (61.7%) and Mitt Romney received 206 electoral votes (38.3%).
How many votes California haves?
13,561,900 votes were cast in the 2008 presidential election in California, translating into 55 electoral college votes.
