Bush : 286
Kerry: 251
The electoral count in 2000 was George W. Bush : 271; Al Gore : 266.
California had 45 electoral votes in the election of 1980. In the elections of 1992, 1996, and 2000, California had 54 electoral votes. In the election of 2004, the electoral vote count was raised to 55 (lots of people living there).
Donald Trump won Iowa's 6 electoral votes in the 2016 election. The popular vote count was Donald Trump 800,983 and Hillary Clinton 653,669.
The public votes to select who the Electoral delegates will vote for. In most states, state law dictates that the Electoral delegates must vote for the candidate who won their state's election. At least one state awards Electoral votes to the candidate who wins each Congressional district.
In both the 2000 and 2004 Presidential election, all of Colorado's electoral votes were cast for the Republican candidate, George W. Bush.
Yes, every electoral college vote is important. Republic Party candidate Rutherford Hayes won the 1876 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Samuel Tilden. In the 1876 presidential election Rutherford Hayes received 185 electoral votes and Samuel Tilden received 184 electoral votes.
California cast its55 electoral votes for John Kerry in the 2004 election. The 2004 presidential election popular vote totals in California were John Kerry 6,745,485 and George W. Bush 5,509,826.
California had 54 electoral votes in 1999 before the 2000 census. With the 2000 Census, California gained 1 electoral vote to 55 in the 2004 election.
yes
Maryland cast its 10 electoral votes for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. The popular vote count was Hillary Clinton 1,677,928 and Donald Trump 943,169.
Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for George W. Bush in the 2004 election. The 2004 presidential election popular vote totals in Tennessee were George W. Bush 1,384,375 and John Kerry 1,036,477.
Zero, but in 2004, one Minnesota Electoral vote was cast for John Edwards. This is somewhat unusual since the Electoral college has pledged to vote for the winner in each state. In general terms, an Electoral voter would have to "defect" in order to vote for an independent. See link below for the 2000 Election results.