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Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected by the "popular vote" in each state in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
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Electoral votes are not counted during the popular vote. In the United States, electoral votes are allocated to each state based on their representation in Congress. The popular vote determines which candidate wins each state's electoral votes, and the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes (270 out of 538) becomes the president.
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The electoral votes are sent from each state capitol to his body to be counted?
Electoral votes are sent from each state to Congress to be counted.
Are US senators elected by electoral votes or popular votes?
Popular votes
When is the president of the US?
When the votes of the electoral college are counted.
Votes are counted by?
Votes are counted by normal citizens who apply/volunteer for the job. The votes are counted in the county in which they occurred. Citizens' votes are known as the popular vote. However, this doesn't decide who wins the election and ultimately has no importance. The victor needs 270 electoral votes to actually win the election. Electoral votes are votes given by the representatives and senators (Congress). If no candidate achieves 270 electoral votes, then the House of Representatives will vote between the three candidates who received the most electoral votes and the Senate will vote between the two vice presidents who received the most electoral votes. If the House cannot decide, then the vice president appointed by the Senate will become president until the issue is resolved.
How many votes did Douglas and bell get in the election of 1860?
Bell got 39 electoral votes and 590,901 popular votes. Douglas got 12 electoral votes and 1,004,823 popular votes.
When is the president of the US chosen?
When the votes of the electoral college are counted.
Does the president need a majority of the electoral votes or the majority of the popular vote to win?
majority on electoral votes
How many people voted for Ulysses s?
Grant won 3,013,421 popular votes in 1868 which led to 214 electoral votes and3,598,235 popular votes (286 electoral votes) in 1872.
Can you win all electoral votes if you have the popular vote?
Yes. You cannot win all electoral votes without having the popular vote.
How are votes counted in Washington state to decide which candidate gets the electoral votes?
By majority, if the candidate has most of Iowa's electoral votes lets say 21-20 then that candidate that had 21 got all the 41 electoral votes for that state.
How many people voted for Ulysses S. Grant?
Grant won 3,013,421 popular votes in 1868 which led to 214 electoral votes and3,598,235 popular votes (286 electoral votes) in 1872.
The electoral vote for president is counted in the presence of what two bodies?
The House and the Senate of the United States meet in Joint Session to hear the Electoral Votes Counted.
