Electoral College In Us Election 2020

2020 election and the electoral college.

Electoral college in us election 2020. Joe biden has won the 2020 election with a current total of 279 electoral votes surpassing the 270 necessary to take the presidency. Americans who went to the polls on election day don t actually select the president directly. November 3 2020 election day the voters in each state choose electors to serve in the electoral college.

December 14 2020 electors vote the electors in each state meet to select the president and vice president of the united states. In the us election americans vote for candidates called. The electoral college on monday designated joe biden the winner of the nov.

See maps and real time presidential election results for the 2020 us election. Democracy prevailed says biden after us electoral college confirms his win video nothing. The electoral college votes will be cast and counted on 14 december which must then be delivered to vice president mike pence in his capacity as senate president by 23 december.

There are 538 electors in total. 3 election with california casting its 55 votes to put the former vice president over the 270 threshold. Generally states award all.

Each elector represents one electoral vote and a candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes 270 or more to win the presidency. January 6 2021 congress counts the vote.