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What determines the number of electoral college votes a state receives for presidential elections?
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∙ 6y ago
The number of electoral votes is 2 plus the number of representatives the state has in Congress. The total number of representatives is currently fixed at 435 and the number each state gets is apportioned by population . Congress adjusts these numbers after each new census.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 6y agoEach 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 number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is fixed at 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). The number of electoral votes for individual states may increase or decrease each 10 years based on the results of the updated census results.
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∙ 6y agoEach 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 U.S. House of Representatives.
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∙ 11y agothe state's representation in Congress
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Presidential elections state sends 27 electors to the Electoral College one candidate receives 51 percent the second receives 48 percent and the third receives 1 percent how many electoral votes?
14
How are unsuccessful vice presidential elections resolved?
If nobody receives a majority of the electoral votes, the US Senate elects a vice-president from among the three highest candidates.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
A presidential election is won by candidates who?
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.
Does California have electoral votes?
Yes, California currently receives 55 electoral votes in the Presidential election.
How many electoral votes in the Presidential election is The District of Columbia guaranteed?
Washington D.C receives 3 electoral votes.
In the Elections of 1800 and 1824 when no presidential candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote what is the election is decided by?
The House of Representatives chooses the president if no candidates receives a majority of electoral votes. The House votes in a special way- each state gets one vote. The congressmen from each state meet and determine what their state's vote will be.
What causes the elections to be thrown into the house?
This event occurs if no candidate receives a majority of the electoral vote.
Under what set of circumstances might congress decide a presidential election?
Congress might decide a presidential election in the case of a disputed or tied Electoral College result. If no presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives would vote to elect the president, with each state delegation having one vote. The Senate would vote to elect the vice president if no vice presidential candidate receives a majority of electoral votes.
What is done if no presidential candidate receives an absolute majority of the electoral votes?
The Presidency is decided by the House of Representatives.
In the presidential election of 1876 who was the republican candidate that receives the most electoral votes?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Normally how many electoral votes does a candidate receive to be elected President of the United States?
A candidate needs to receive a majority of the electoral votes to be elected President of the United States, which is 270 out of the total 538 electoral votes. The number of electoral votes a candidate receives is determined by the results of the popular vote in each state, and the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state typically receives all of that state's electoral votes.
