There are 538 electoral votes. The presedential candidate needs to win 270 in order to be elected president.
Alaska has 3 electoral college votes.
270
Voted are awarded by population. Some state votes winner-take-all and other states split the votes.
A candidate must win 270 of the 538 votes to win the election.
For the 2012 Presidential Contest, a Republican nominee for President must have 1144 delegates vote for them on the first Presidential ballot at the Republican National Convention, since that is a simple majority of 2286 delegates.
None. He is seeking delegates to the Republican National Convention in an attempt to become the Republican nominee for President--not electors to the Electoral College which he will need to actually become President.
2 votes
President Abraham Lincoln won the 1864 presidential election over George B. McClellan by a significant margin. He did, however, as a first time politician receive 1.8 million votes.
The senate president,as many as votes get to the whole courtroom.
365 votes (67.8%)
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.