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Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
If the house chooses the president , the congressmen from each state decide how to cast their one vote. Since there are 50 states, 26 are needed to elect.
The Vice President would then take his place, until the number of votes needed to officially elect a new President is decided and reached.
It takes 270 votes to get a majority of the 538 votes possible. Half of 538 is 269 so one more than that is a majority.
There are a total of 538 electoral votes available. One half of 538 is 269, so it would take at least 270 electoral votes to win. If there is a tie, then the House of Representatives will elect the President and Vice President.
Electoral votes are what count when electing a President into office in the U.S.A..
As long as the number of states and the number of House seats remain unchanged, 270 votes qualifies as an absolute majority.
The general public does not elect the President and Vice President of the U.S.; they elect the electors of the President and Vice President.
The Electoral College voters decide the President-Elect because their votes are the ones that count.Whoever wins the Electoral Vote in any US Presidential Election will win.
To President elect Obama.
He received a majority of the votes from the electoral college in order to elect him as president.
Yes, the responsibility of electing the U. S. President falls to the U. S. House of Representatives when the electoral college fails to elect a clear winner, with an absolute majority of electoral votes.