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What are the number of electoral college votes taken for Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey?
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1948 U.S. Presidential Election Results:
- 266 votes (50.1%) - minimum required
- 303 votes (57.1%) - Pres. Harry S. Truman (D-MO)
- 189 votes (35.6%) - Gov. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY)
- 39 votes (7.3%) - Gov. J. Strom Thurmond (SR-SC)
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How electoral college work?
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
How many electoral votes are available nationwide?
The U.S. electoral college has 538 votes. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win. jk there is acshally 8,200 electorial voters jk again the very fist answer is the right one just testing ya
How many electoral votes did Louisiana have?
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 6 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. Therefore, Louisiana has 8 electoral votes.
The major function of the electoral college is?
The smaller a state is the more beneficial the electoral college is. The number of electoral votes a state is given is the number of senators (2 for each state) and the number of representatives in the House (minimum of one). Because of this each state is given at leaste 3 votes even if they only had a population of 10 people. The ratio of votes to residents in a state like Rhode Island is much higher than the ratio of electoral votes to residents in a state like California. Because the ratio of electoral votes to people ratio is higher in Rhode Island each citizen of Rhode Island's vote counts for more than that of a Californian. The system was enacted when communication was poor and it was easier to pick a winner in each state then combine the electoral votes than it was to carry the number of votes between states and add it all up at the end.
What is the total electoral college vote?
Overall there are a total of 538 electors and so 538 electoral votes.Each state gets one electoral vote for each member of the House of Representatives and two electoral votes for the number of Senators. The number of members in the House of Representatives was fixed at 435 in 1911 and there are two senators from each state, for a total of 535 votes from all of the states. The District of Columbia get 3 votes to make the grand total 538.It follows that the majority required to elect is 270 votes. (538/2 + 1 = 270)538
Two reasons why the electoral college hasn't been abolished?
There are a number of reasons why the electoral college has not be abolished. The electoral college is quick and easy to understand for example.
Which of the following is not an objection to the way the Electoral College works?
The Electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (NovaNET)----the electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (novanet)----
How many members make up the Electoral College?
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
Which state get the large number of electoral vote?
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
How do you get the number of electors for the electoral college?
By the population of the state.
How many in electoral college?
the total number is 538.
How electoral college work?
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
Did each state get the same number of votes in the electoral college?
No
What is the total number of electors in Arizona electoral college?
10
In the united the presidents are elected by?
During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
What were the number of electoral votes Thomas Jefferson had won by?
Aaron Burr was Thomas Jefferson's main opponent. They had both won 73 electoral votes, but majority was 138/70.
Based on the rules of the Electoral College who will win the election and why?
. Marcus will win because she has the required number of electoral votes.
