the house is empowered to vote to impeach the president by simple majority vote. meaning they suggest for him to be impeached. then the senate acts as a court of law and tries the president for the charged offenses. a 2/3 majority vote is needed to remove the president from office.
2/3 Not true, it takes a simple majority in the House to impeach. It takes 2/3 or 67 votes in the Senate to remove a president.
In the House of Representative a simple majority vote is required. In 2008 that would be 218 vote. In the Senate a 2/3 majority vote is required for impeachment or 67 of 100 votes.
2 votes
The senate president,as many as votes get to the whole courtroom.
365 votes (67.8%)
10,26,188
none,electoral college only votes for president n vice president
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government, accusing them of misconduct. It is a way to hold government officials accountable for their actions and can lead to their removal from office if they are found guilty.
NUMBER of ELECTORAL VOTES RECIEVED by RICHARD M. NIXON:1952 : 442 votes for vice president (83.2%)1956 : 457 votes for vice president (86.1%)1960 : 219 votes for president (40.8%)1968 : 301 votes for president (55.9%)1972 : 520 votes for president (96.7%)
Each state gets one vote
To become president they need 265 electoral votes.