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What is the least amount of states necessary to win the amount of electoral college votes needed for election?
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∙ 11y ago
11 states are sufficient to win the electoral college which requires a simple majority of 270. The fewest states (which would happen to be the most populous) you need are:
California - 55
Texas - 38
New York - 29
Florida - 29
Illinois - 20
Pennsylvania - 20
Ohio - 18
Michigan - 16
Georgia - 16
North Carolina - 15
New Jersey - 14
The Democrat candidate could no doubt substitute Virginia (13) for NC, NJ, GA or MI, since Democrats always win 3 votes from DC.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 11y ago11 states are enough -- eleven states total 271 (the number to be elected) votes in the electoral college .
- California (55)
- Texas (34)
- New York (31)
- Florida (27)
- Pennsylvania (21)
- Illinois (21)
- Ohio (20)
- Michigan (17)
- New Jersey (15)
- North Carolina (15)
- Georgia (15)
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∙ 11y agoIf a presidential candidate won the 11 most populous states (meaning they have the most electoral votes), he/she would have exactly 270 electoral votes; the minimum number needed to win. Those 11 states are CA, TX, FL, NY, IL, PA, OH, GA, MI, NC, NJ.
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∙ 11y ago11, though this is unlikely to happen in practice... The two states with the highest and second highest number of electoral votes are notoriously on opposite sides of the political fence, being "blue" and "red" respectively.
Putting that aside for now, as of 2012 (and also in 2016 and 2020, assuming we don't wise up and abolish the electoral college as a ridiculously antiquated anachronism), a candidate could secure election by winning California, Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and New Jersey, giving them 270 total electoral votes, the minimum required to win. Anyone losing even one of those states would have to win at least two others to make up for it.
I feel the need to point out again how unusual this particular mix is: Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina are the only real "swing" states in that list; the others have been either pretty consistently Republican (Texas, Georgia) or pretty consistently Democrat (all the others) for the last couple of decades. A Democrat from Texas with a running mate from Georgia (or vice versa) might be able to pull it off.... actually, while the "solid South" is no longer a real voting bloc, both Texas and Georgia might allow themselves to be swayed by a Democrat from any southern state (Georgian Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat to take Texas, in 1976 ... he didn't manage it in 1980, but that was hardly a surprise).
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What is the difference between electoral votes and popural votes?
electoral vote is the population of the state and and the amount of citizen that live state and popular votes is the amount of citizen that vote for a presidential election
What are college votes?
* Electoral College votes are the votes of the Electors in each state. when we vote, it's called the Popular Vote. You can find the amount of electors your state has by this: Each state has 2 senators+ the number of representatives your state has= the amount of state electors you have. The electors cast the final votes for the election.
What is it called when a candidate wins the popular vote but loses the electoral vote?
You see, there are also Electoral Votes involved in elections. Each state has a set amount of Electoral Votes; the amount depends on how many counties the state has. When the popular vote is done, it is determined who got the most votes in each state. Once that is determined, ALL of the state's Electoral Votes go to that candidate. After a certain amount of Electoral Votes, a candidate an automatically win the election. In case that was too confusing, here's an example. In the last election, more of Oregon's residents voted for Obama than for McCain. So, all their Electoral College votes (I believe they have 5) went to Obama. There's more about Electoral Votes (they don't always go to the right candidate, for example), but that's the gist of it.
How many votes do you need to be presididnt?
It does not take a certain amount of votes to become president. The steps are a little bit different than most sommon votes. Each state has an election for the president on the same day. The candidate who wins the majority of the popular vote for that state gets all of that state's electoral college points. Each state has a different number of points in the electoral college sytem based on their population. It takes 270 electoral college points to win an election. For more information, check out http://www.270towin.com/
How many delegates does RI have?
Rhode Island has three delegates to the Electoral College. This is the minimum amount, because they have a delegate for each senator and their single congressional district.
What is the difference between electoral votes and popural votes?
electoral vote is the population of the state and and the amount of citizen that live state and popular votes is the amount of citizen that vote for a presidential election
What are college votes?
* Electoral College votes are the votes of the Electors in each state. when we vote, it's called the Popular Vote. You can find the amount of electors your state has by this: Each state has 2 senators+ the number of representatives your state has= the amount of state electors you have. The electors cast the final votes for the election.
Why does Georgia have fifteen electors in the Electoral College?
it is because of the the amount of population Georgia has.
What is the US Presidential voting system called?
The Electoral college is the Presidential voting system. The electoral college gives each state a certain amount of electoral votes. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of the citizens votes, he will also get the electoral vote.
Does the electoral college decide the next president?
No the next president is decided by the amount of electoral votes the candidate gets. They need to have so many electoral votes to win the elections.
What factors predict the outcome of elections?
amount of votes from people, amount of votes from electoral college. (in other words, there is no particular algorithm that tells you who will win)
What do the numbers represent in the electoral college?
The numbers are the amount of votes a state has in the electoral college. A candidate must receive more than half of electoral votes in order to become president. In 2012, this means they must receive 270 electoral votes in order to become president.
Under what proposed arrangements would 102 electoral votes be awarded automatically to the winner of the popular vote in the presidential election?
National Bonus Plan:This idea, proposed by historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., retains the current Electoral College system, but also awards extra electoral votes as a bonus to the winner of the popular vote. The amount suggested by Schlesinger in his National Bonus Plan is 102 extra electoral votes (two for every state and two for Washington, DC).
How did George W. Bush win the 2000 election despite the losing popular vote?
Bush received more electoral votes than Al Gore.
How do you know how many electoral college votes a state has?
Add the amount of representatives the state has and 2 senators. Ex. Illinois -> 19 reps. + 2 senators = 21 electoral votes
When Abraham Lincoln ran for president by what amount did he win by?
Well he ran twice, his first election he won by a popular vote of 39.8% and an electoral vote of 180. His second term, a popular vote of 55% and an electoral vote of 212.
Who received the second largest amount of electoral votes in the 1796 election?
George Washington was reelected president in 1792 and John Adams was reelected vice-president. According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. The recipient of the most electoral votes would become president and the runner-up vice-president. George Washington received 132 electoral votes and John Adams received 77 electoral votes. Others receiving electoral votes were George Clinton (50), Thomas Jefferson (4), Aaron Burr (1)
