Each state gets as many electors as it has lawmakers in the US Congress representatives in the House and senators. California has the most electors - 55 - while a handful of sparsely populated states like Wyoming, Alaska and North Dakota and Washington DC have the minimum of three. Each elector represents one electoral vote, and a candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes - or more - to win the presidency. Generally, states award all their electoral college votes to whoever won the poll of ordinary voters in the state.
For example, if a candidate wins Alternatively, a candidate could win by a landslide and still pick up the same number of electoral votes. It's therefore possible for a candidate to become president by winning a number of tight races in certain states, despite having fewer votes across the country.
There are only two states Maine and Nebraska which divide up their electoral college votes according to the proportion of votes each candidate receives. This is why presidential candidates target specific "swing states" - states where the vote could go either way - rather than trying to win over as many voters as possible across the country. Every state they win gets them closer to the electoral college votes they need.
What information do we collect from this quiz? Privacy notice. In fact, two out of the last five elections were won by candidates who had fewer votes from the general public than their rivals. The Electoral College consists of electors. A majority of electoral votes is required to elect the President.
Your State has the same number of electors as it does Members in its Congressional delegation: one for each Member in the House of Representatives plus two Senators. Read more about the allocation of electoral votes. The District of Columbia is allocated 3 electors and treated like a State for purposes of the Electoral College under the 23rd Amendment of the Constitution.
The founders hoped this rule would prevent the largest states from dominating presidential elections. In the modern era, faithless electors are rarer still, and have never determined the outcome of a presidential election. House of Representatives About this object In the presidential election, James Garfield narrowly won the popular vote but swept the Electoral College in the Midwest and Northeast.
Since the midth century, Congress has met in a Joint Session every four years on January 6 at p. The sitting Vice President presides over the meeting and opens the votes from each state in alphabetical order.
He passes the votes to four tellers—two from the House and two from the Senate—who announce the results. House tellers include one Representative from each party and are appointed by the Speaker. At the end of the count, the Vice President then announces the name of the next President.
Since , 3 U. During the Joint Session, lawmakers may object to individual electoral votes or to state returns as a whole. An objection must be declared in writing and signed by at least one Representative and one Senator.
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