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1 day ago · Although Electoral College members can vote for anyone under the U.S. Constitution, 32 states plus the District of Columbia have laws against faithless electors, those electors who do not cast their electoral votes for the person for whom they have pledged to vote.
6 days ago · Each state gets as many electors as it has lawmakers in the US Congress (The Senate and the House of Representatives). 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.
5 days ago · Three states were in doubt: Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina, with 19 electoral votes among them. The status of one of Oregon ’s three electors—that had already been given to Tilden—was also in question.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · To become President of the United States, a candidate must secure the votes of at least 270 electors in the Electoral College. But what happens if no one gets to 270? There have been two previous instances, in 1800 and in 1824, in which no single candidate was able to win a majority in the Electoral College.
4 days ago · That adds up to 538 electors in the US in total (hence fivethirtyeight.com, a politics site that used to be kind of a big deal): 100 electors for the Senators. 3 electors for the District of Columbia. 435 electors for all the Representatives.
4 days ago · 352 members of the Electoral College 177 electoral votes needed to win; Turnout: 72.1% 8.8 pp
3 days ago · 138 members of the Electoral College 70 electoral votes needed to win; Turnout: 32.3% 12.2 pp
