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What is the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency and why?
270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
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What is the minimum number of electors needed to win?
270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency.
What is the Minimum number of electoral votes a small state can give towards the candidate running for presidency?
Three
What is the number of electoral votes need to win the presidency?
270 electoral votes.
What was the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win the presidential election of 2008?
270, that's half plus one.
What determines the number of electoral votes that gets?
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the U.S. House of Representatives. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC).
What is the minimum number of electoral votes for a stat?
I assume you mean "state". Each state has a minimum of three electoral votes.
If a presidential candidate wins 300 electoral votes by how many electral votes did that candidate exceed the minimum number of votes required?
only if there were 598 or 599 electoral votes An absolute majority of 538 electoral votes is 270 or more.
What is the minimum number of electoral votes for one state?
3
What is the least number of electoral votes to win a presidency?
Since 1964, 270 has been the required number.
What is the number of electoral votes needed be elected president?
270 is the number needed for election.
How many electors does each state have in ecectoral college?
The number of electors each state has in the Electoral College is equal to the total number of its Senators and Representatives in Congress. Since every state has two Senators and at least one Representative, the minimum number of electors for any state is three. The total number of electors in the Electoral College is 538, with a majority of 270 needed to win the presidency. This distribution can change after each decennial census, which may affect congressional representation.
How many electoral college electors should each state have?
The number of electoral votes are based on the population, so each state 'should' have as many electoral votes as needed by their population, with minimum of three. For instance, California is the most populated state and has the most electoral votes, currently at 55. Wyoming and a number of other states are not as populated and have the least electoral votes, currently at 3.
