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What portion of the electoral vote does a candidate need to become President?
270 electoral votes
Why did rival candidates become president and vicwe president?
candidate with most votes, president runner up candidate, vice president
To become president of the US a candidate has to receive a majority of votes from what?
The Electoral College
How many votes from the house of representatives must a president receive in order to become president?
The candidate must receive 270 electoral votes to become president of the United States of America.
Why did Abraham Licon become president?
He got more votes than the other candidate.
How Did John Adams Become Vice President What Made The People Want Him As A President And A Vice President?
In 1825 the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes would become president and the candidate with the next - highest number would become vice president.
There have been no elections in which the candidate with the most votes has not become president?
no=so far dere hasn't been any elections n tat da candidate hasn't become president=
How many vote does it take to be president?
It depends on how many votes the other candidate is getting. If you were a candidate running for president, and if your opponent had 74 votes, you'd have to get more than that to win the election. If he got 98, you have to get more than 98 to win.
How many electoral collage votes do you need to become the us president?
To be declared the winner, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral college votes.
What must a candidate win a majority of to become the US president?
electorial college, and that's not a school
Have there ever been a candidate who won by having more popular votes than electoral votes?
Not in the United States. The way the US is set up, the president is elected by electoral votes, not popular. In fact, President George W. Bush received a smaller portion of the popular vote instead of the electoral vote I believe.
Why is US not a democracy?
The US is not a democracy because, the president is not elected by the majority of public votes, but by electoral college votes. There are cases when the candidate winning the majority of the polled votes was not declared elected, but the candidate who lost majority votes was.
