It's called the popular vote.
popular vote
About 8,087,000 votes were cast in Texas in the 2008 presidential election.
A presidential election is one where citizens vote for the President. In this type of election, voters directly choose their preferred candidate for the position of President of their country. The candidate who receives the majority of the electoral votes or the popular votes (depending on the country's system) wins the election and becomes the President.
538 votes
counting the electoral votes that were cast in the presidential election
Wisconsin had 10 electoral votes in the 2008 Presidential election. They will also have 10 electoral votes in the 2012, 2016, and 2020 Presidential elections
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.
A disadvantage of the presidential election could be that the person with the most popular votes could lose the election because he or she had less electoral votes.
Pennsylvania cast 6,013,272 votes in the 2008 presidential election, translating into 21 electoral votes which were cast for Barack Obama (D).
Pennsylvania had 21 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election. These went to Barack Obama (D).
The presidential candidate who received the least votes in the South in the election of 1860 was John Bell.
Utah has one vote per resident age 18 or over. In the past 2008 presidential election, Utah cast 952,370 votes for president, translating into 5 electoral votes. Utah has 6 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.