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270 electoral votes in the Electoral College 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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What happened in 1800's if no person attained the required number of electoral votes?
In 1800, much as today, if no one received a majority of the electoral votes. the House would elect a president from among the top five (now three) candidates with each state getting one vote. The person remaining with the most electoral votes would be vice-president unless two or more had the same number of votes. In this case, the Senate would choose the vice-president from among these top candidates.
How was the vice presidential election of 1800 different from the presidential election?
In those days, the vice-president was the person who came in second in the presidential vote of the electoral college and every elector had two votes. Jefferson and Aaron Burr ran as a team with the understanding that Jefferson was running for president and Burr for vice-president, but both ended up with the same number of votes. Burr saw his chance to be president and refused to step aside so the election went to the House and after much political maneuvering , Jefferson was made president. This election prompted the passing of the 12th amendment which changed the system to the current one in which the president and vice-president are elected by separate votes.
How much did Chester Arthur win in popular votes?
Arthur never ran for president. He ran for vice-president with Garfield heading the ticket. They won the popular vote by a narrow margin of less than 10,000 votes or about 1/10 of one-percent .
How much did Andrew Jackson win by in the 1828 election?
In the 1828 U.S. Presidential Election, Andrew Jackson beat incumbent President John Quincy Adams 178 votes to 83 votes.
How much votes does California have?
6 votes :)
How can the president win the most popular votes but still lose the election?
There is this thing called the Electoral College that says that every state has a certain number of electoral votes. The person that gets the most regular votes in that state, gets ALL the electoral votes that the state has. The amount of electoral votes each state has is based on population; that's why California has 55 votes and Alaska has only 3, even though its much bigger when you compare land mass.
Why does the president need a budget adviser?
Well the president needs a budget adviser because sometimes different amounts of money needs to go to different things. Sometimes its best to have someone say how much you can spend, and how much needs to go to different things.
How much space Does a person need?
depends on the person each personis much diffrent in needs. give them as much as they ask for..
Why should citizens vote if electoral votes not us elect the president?
The citizens of the United States do vote in a President. They vote for the President they want their state to vote for. Then their state votes for whoever got the most votes. Just because voting for US President is not done strictly by majority rule does not mean it is unfair.
Do you think that the president has too much power?
Question needs more context in order to be answered.Needs to specify the president of which country.
How much did President bush received approximately 1.05 times the number of votes as senator Kerry.?
Incumbent President George W. Bush won reelection in the 2004 presidential election defeating John Kerry. In the 2004 presidential election George W. Bush received 286 electoral votes and John Kerry received 251 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Bush 60,693,281 and Kerry 57,355,978.
How many votes did Alvin Greene get in South Carolina?
Approx. 122,000 votes...which only proves that South Carolina is in sad shape when a person with a borderline personality disorder can run for office and receive that much support at the polls.
