270 is the minimum number required to win at president.
This number is half the total of 538 plus one, i.e a majority.
The number of electoral college members is set by the number of US House Representatives (set at 435 seats since 1911), the number of US Senators (2 per state = 100), plus 3 votes for Washington DC.
(If no candidate gets this majority, the election is decided by the incoming House of Representatives. The House must then choose the president from among the top three candidates recipients of electoral votes in a special election in which each state gets one vote.)
There are a number of reasons why the electoral college has not be abolished. The electoral college is quick and easy to understand for example.
The Electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (NovaNET)----the electoral college gives the same number of votes to all of the states (novanet)----
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
the total number is 538.
By the population of the state.
the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.
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During the first three Presidential elections the President and the Vice-President were chosen by the number of electoral votes. The vice-president was chosen by having the second highest number of electoral votes.
. Marcus will win because she has the required number of electoral votes.
The electoral college