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Electoral votes are distributed based on population.
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Why are states like Ohio and Florida so important in the electoral college?
Because they both have so many electoral votes. Ohio has 18 electoral votes. Florida has 29 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes will Mitt Romney receive?
so far, he has 82 votes, but its too early to know how many other electoral votes he will get.
Does the electoral college decide the next president?
No the next president is decided by the amount of electoral votes the candidate gets. They need to have so many electoral votes to win the elections.
How many electoral college electors should each state have?
The number of electoral votes are based on the population, so each state 'should' have as many electoral votes as needed by their population, with minimum of three. For instance, California is the most populated state and has the most electoral votes, currently at 55. Wyoming and a number of other states are not as populated and have the least electoral votes, currently at 3.
How many electoral votes exist in the US?
538 kayweezy said so
How does MN determine how many electoral votes each candidate will get?
Like most states, Illinois is a "winner-take-all" state. Whichever ticket (presidential candidate and his/her running mate) receives a simple majority of the popular votes within the state gets all 20 of Illinois' electoral votes.
How many elector votes doe Illinois have is it the same as 2000?
Since the electoral votes are based on membership in congress and that is determined by census figures. A census is taken every 10 years, so it would have changed in 2010 from the 2000 numbers.
What man received the most electoral votes in 1824?
Andrew Jackson was the leader in electoral votes and in popular votes in 1824 but he did not get the required majority of electoral votes and so the House decided the election as the constitution requires.
How many members of th Electoral College are Ohio?
In the 2012 presidential election 5,387,070 votes were cast. Ohio has 18 electoral votes, so one might say that each electoral vote represents 298,837 popular votes. On the other hand, only 2.697,260 of the votes were for Obama and all 18 electoral will be for Obama. so you could that each electoral vote represents 149,847 people.
How many electoral votes did Joe Biden win in the presidential election?
Last time I checked, 264.
How many electoral votes did Obama get in WVa?
In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama did not win West Virginia, so the state's five electoral votes went to Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
If candidate wins Ga by 0.2 how many electoral votes do they get?
It's a "winner-take-all" system, so the margin of victory doesn't matter. The winner receives all of the state's electoral votes.
