Republican Party candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election defeating Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton. In the 2016 presidential election Donald Trump received 304 electoral votes and Hillary Clinton received 227 electoral votes.
It doesn't work that way. The electoral votes are the final vote for president. The popular vote will either go for one party deciding who the electoral votes go to.
Electoral vote! Evidently the popular vote doesn't count since Gore won the popular vote.
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.
Louisiana
the total count is 538.
It was 365.
January 8 I think
Bush : 286 Kerry: 251
Florida
The electoral count in 2000 was George W. Bush : 271; Al Gore : 266.
People say their vote doesn't count because the votes are not direct, you aren't voting for the president but for someone called an electorate from the electoral college to vote for you
The electoral vote has changed over time due to population in each state. There is a count every ten years called a census and electoral votes are based on the census.