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Electoral votes are sent from each state to Congress to be counted.
The electoral votes for each state are determined by the state's population. The higher the population, the more say, or electoral votes a state gets. The smaller the population, the state gets a smaller say.
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia 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 in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state. Each elector casts 1 vote for President and 1 vote for Vice President.
The United States the House of Representatives has a total of 435 members which is based on the population of each state, the more people that live in a state the more members in the House of Representatives that state will have. In the Senate there are 100 Senators, 2 from each state. When we add these two numbers up it gets us to 535. Washington, D. C. is given 3 electoral votes as well. Add those 3 electoral votes to the 535 and we wind up with a total of 538 electoral votes. 269 votes is half, and 270 electoral votes is the majority and is what is needed to win the election.
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President and Vice 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 in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.