A candidate can be elected president by winning as few as 11 states, depending on the states' electoral votes. The key is to win states with a high number of electoral votes, such as California, Texas, and Florida, which can significantly boost the total while minimizing the number of states won. For instance, winning these populous states while losing others can yield the necessary 270 electoral votes to secure the presidency.
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The US has never elected a female president or even had a major party candidate who was female. Two women have run for vice-president but neither was elected.
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Thomas Jefferson was the man who had the fewest number of electoral votes and still became president. He had 73 during the election of 1800.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.
In 1825 the candidate with the greatest number of electoral votes would become president and the candidate with the next - highest number would become vice president.
The president is elected by the electoral college. When the Constitution was first written, the authors felt that the common man was not educated well enough to elect the proper person as president. The electoral college system was set up to elect the president. Every state has a number of electors equal to the combined number of representatives and senators it has in Congress. When citizens go to the polls and vote, they elect the candidate for which they want their electors to vote. For example, if your state has twelve representatives and two senators, your state would have a total of fourteen electors. If in the election, candidate X defeats candidate Y, even if it is by just one vote, candidate X will receive all fourteen electoral votes from your state. It is therefore possible for a president to be elected without having the most popular votes, although that is a rare possibility.
In the 52 U.S. presidential elections that were after the vice presidential election was separated from the presidential election and in which the electoral college elected the president, the winning candidate received votes from an average of 71.9% of appointed electors. Multiplying that by the 538 electors we have had per election for the past 50 years gives 387 votes. The minimum is the lowest whole number that is greater than 50%. For the past 50 years, that minimum has been 270.
Europe has the fewest number of amphibians.