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How do you win 270 electoral votes by winning only states that have 12 or more electoral votes?
You can get to 270 Electoral votes by winning
California (55 votes)
Texas (38 votes)
Florida (29 votes)
New York (29 votes)
Illinois (20 votes)
Pennsylvania (20 votes)
Ohio (18 votes)
Georgia (16 votes)
Michigan (16 votes)
North Carolina (15 votes)
New Jersey (14 votes)
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Which is more important electoral votes of popular votes?
Candidates need a majority of electoral votes to be elected. Because most states* award all of their electoral votes to the top candidate in that state, candidates do not need to win the national popular vote to win a majority of electoral votes. The result is that winning a few large population states (called swing states), even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. In 1876, 1888, and 2000, the winning candidate did not get the most popular votes nationwide.
Why do more populous states have greater influences in a presidential election?
Electoral votes are assigned mostly on population. The more populous states get more votes. For example. California get 55 electoral votes; Wyoming gets 3 .
States that have more votes in the electoral college are the states with the greater?
population
What is the number of states needed to win the presidency in the United States?
the president does not get elected by winning a certain number of states. each state represents a certain number of electoral votes; depending on their population. For example, Texas has a lot more people than Rhode Island, so they will have more electoral votes. If the presidential candidate wins a state, he receives all of their electoral votes. This means that even if a presidential candidate wins 30 states, it is possible that his rival may get more electoral points even if he only wins 20, as long as he has more votes, which is how he would be elected president
What states share electoral votes?
No states share electoral votes. Each state has at least 3 or more.
Do the states that border New York have more or less electoral votes?
All of New York's bordering states have less electoral votes then New York.
Which state has more electoral votes Kansas or Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania currently has more electoral votes with 20 electoral votes to Kansas' 6 electoral votes.
Who does the electoral college favor?
The Electoral College favors small states: every state, no matter how small, gets at least 3 electoral votes, so small states have more electoral votes per voter.
What can happen to a state's electoral votes after each census?
The number of electoral votes is adjusted after each census to reflect changes in state populations. States that have gained more population that the average can be given more votes and and states that have lost population or failed to gain as much as most states can lose votes. The number of electoral votes is tied to the number of congressional districts .
Which states have more than 20 electoral votes?
California Texas New York Florida Illinois and Pennsylvania all have 21 or more electoral votes.
Did John McCain or Barack Obama get more electoral votes?
Barack Obama received more electoral votes, receiving 365 electoral votes to John McCain's 173 electoral votes (out of a total of 538), a difference of 192 electoral votes
Are all states of equal importance under the electoral college system?
No. Not only do electoral votes have an enormous disparity in the number of voters represented, but the awarding of all of a state's votes to one candidate means that votes for other candidates become effectively moot. The "winner take all" system makes the states with more electoral votes more important in the election. The presidential candidate with the most votes wins all the electoral votes of the state (in 48 states). The result is that winning a few large population states, even by a tiny margin, can guarantee election to the presidency. A candidate who received 51% of the vote in just 11 large "swing" states could win the Presidency with as little as 25% of the popular vote. (This is, however, unlikely.)
