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What percentage of electoral votes must a state have to determine the winner of the state?
just more than the other candidate
Why does the Public Vote if only the electoral votes count?
The public votes to select who the Electoral delegates will vote for. In most states, state law dictates that the Electoral delegates must vote for the candidate who won their state's election. At least one state awards Electoral votes to the candidate who wins each Congressional district.
If GA has 15 electoral college votes how many HR congressional districts does GA have?
States are divided into districts. Each district is entitle to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives. Each representative equals one electoral vote and each senator represents one electoral vote. All states have two senators, no more, no less. But states have 1 or more representatives depending on how many districts they have. So, if Georgia has 15 Electoral College votes, and we know two are from senators, then the other 13 must be from representatives. Thus Georgia has 13 H/R Congressional districts. Hope this helps you make a good grade on your political science quiz! LOL
How many representative districts must there be beginning in 1982 in il?
Beginning in 1982, Illinois must have at least 118 representative districts. This was established by the Illinois Constitution, which mandates that the state legislature be composed of a House of Representatives with a specific number of districts to ensure adequate representation. The number of districts has remained the same since that time.
How many electoral votes must a canidate win to be elected president?
A Presidential candidate must obtain 270 Electoral Votes (the vote cast in the electoral college of the U.S. by the representatives of each state in a presidential election) to be elected President of the United States.
What is an Abbott school?
Abbott school districts are those affected by New Jersey Supreme Court rulings which mandated state funding for schools in poorer districts must be equal to the amounts spent in the wealthiest districts.
What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state must have according to the Constitution?
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.
What court case ruled that state legislature districts must be nearly equal in population?
Reynolds and Sims!
True or false One way a Republican state chairman can become a member of his party's national committee is if his state cast electoral votes in the last election for the Republican candidate?
There are three ways for a republican state chairman to become a member of his party's national committee. He must participate in the electoral votes, most members of the Congress from his state must be republicans, and the Governor in his state must be republican.
How do the states create Congressional Districts for the House of Representatives?
Legislature must draw the districts so they each include roughly the same number of constituents.
In order to become president of the US the candidate must win a majority of the votes in the electoral college. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. How is it decided how many electoral?
The number of electoral votes for each state is determined by the sum of its Senators and Representatives in Congress. Since every state has two Senators and at least one Representative, the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have is three. The total number of electoral votes is 538, with a majority requiring 270 to win the presidency. This distribution is based on the decennial census, which can alter the number of Representatives each state has, thereby affecting its electoral votes.
How does the number of electoral votes of a state affect Presidential campaining?
The candidate who wins the greatest number of popular votes in any state usually receives all of that state's electoral votes. To win the presidency, a candidate must pay special attention to those states with large populations. The larger the state's population, the more electoral votes it has.
