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270 electoral votes
It is not figured on percentage of votes, but who reaches 270 electoral votes first.
you have to get 270 electoral votes to win
It is not figured on percentage of votes, but who reaches 270 electoral votes first.
270 electoral votes.
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
Only one presidential candidate and one vice presidential candidate can get 270 votes, so yes.
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.
only if there were 598 or 599 electoral votes An absolute majority of 538 electoral votes is 270 or more.
The candidate must get at least 270 electoral votes in order to win the presidency. In 2012, Barack Obama received 332 electoral votes.
270 electoral votes to be president
270 electoral votes to win the presidency