Electoral College Votes For Each State

The 270 needed to clinch is half plus one.

Electoral college votes for each state. In 2020 the total number of electoral votes is 538. Each state delegation votes en bloc with each state having a single vote. Each state has a specific number of electors based on the population.

The political parties in each state pick a slate of potential electors for the electoral college and the winner of the popular vote in that state gets the electors. The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of senators and its number of representatives. The voters in each state choose electors to serve in the electoral college.

For other uses and regions see electoral college disambiguation. So if a candidate wins a state with the highest number of electors even if it a razor thin win he will receive all the electoral votes of that state. State number of votes state number of votes.

Electoral votes by state. December 14 2020 electors vote the electors in each state meet to select the president and vice president of the united states. There is currently a total of 538 electors with the votes of a simple majority of 270 votes needed to be elected president.

Maine and nebraska award single. Because the electoral college has grown in size the results are normalized to compensate. There are 7 states along with dc that have 3 electoral votes which is the minimum.

California and texas have the most electoral college votes with 55 and 38 votes respectively. States with most electoral votes results of the 2016 presidential election. Each state s electoral college votes go to the winner of that state s popular vote except nebraska and maine which split up their votes two go to the.