535 for the 50 states plus 3 for Washington D.C. equals 538 total electoral votes.
Chat with our AI personalities
California appoints its electors on a winner-take-all basis based on the statewide popular vote in California on Election Day.
The seven US states with at least 20 electoral votes are CA,TX,NY,FL, OH,PA and IL as of 2008.
Alaska South Dakota Delaware North Dakota Vermont Montana Wyoming Washington, D.C They all have 3 Electoral votes.
A Presidential candidate must obtain 270 Electoral Votes (the vote cast in the electoral college of the U.S. by the representatives of each state in a presidential election) to be elected President of the United States.
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
Alaska only has 3 electoral votes because it has a smaller population, to make it fair they only need three.