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In the 1840 presidential election there was a total of 294 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 148 votes to win the presidential election. William Henry Harrison received 234 electoral votes and Martin Van Buren received 60 electoral votes.
Wisconsin had 10 electoral votes in the 2008 Presidential election. They will also have 10 electoral votes in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Presidential elections
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
Andrew Jackson won the 1828 presidential election defeating John Quincy Adams. In the 1828 presidential election there was a total of 261 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 131 votes to win the presidential election. Andrew Jackson received 178 electoral votes and John Quincy Adams received 83 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Jackson 642,553 and Adams 500,897.
Hilary Clinton did not receive electoral votes from Georgia in the 2016 election. Georgia cast its 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
Pennsylvania had 21 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election. These went to Barack Obama (D).
Virginia has 13 electoral votes.
There were 538 electoral votes in the 2012 US presidential election.
Utah has one vote per resident age 18 or over. In the past 2008 presidential election, Utah cast 952,370 votes for president, translating into 5 electoral votes. Utah has 6 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.
California cast a total of 13,561,900 votes in the 2008 presidential election. This translated into 55 electoral votes.
A presidential election is won by the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College.