Every State S Electoral College Votes
There are 7 states along with dc that have 3 electoral votes which is the minimum.
Every state s electoral college votes. Electoral vote distribution 2020. Each state delegation votes en bloc with each state having a single vote. The reimagined version of the 2004 presidential election ends with a sizable electoral college victory for the incumbent.
Kerry won 19 states to 31 states for bush an increase of one state compared to the republican haul for 2000. 538 270 vice president kamala d. A candidate is required to receive an absolute majority of state delegation votes currently 26 votes in order for that candidate to become the president elect.
All states except for maine and nebraska use a winner takes all system in which the candidate who wins the most votes earns all of the state s electoral college votes. Ofr will post the electoral college results after congress counts the electoral votes on january 6 2021. In 2020 the total number of electoral votes is 538.
Bush won 286 electoral votes to 251 electoral votes for kerry. Every four years on the first tuesday following the first monday of november voters head to the polls to elect the president of the united states the votes of the public determine electors who formally choose the president through the electoral college the number of electors a state receives is determined by the combined number of the state s members of the u s. The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of senators and its number of representatives.
Biden jr d main opponent donald j. Results of the 2016 presidential election. House of representatives.
The electoral votes are deteremined based on the 2010 us census. The united states electoral college is the group of presidential electors required by the constitution to form every four years for the sole purpose of electing the president and vice president each state appoints electors according to its legislature equal in number to its congressional delegation senators and representatives. He will receive all the electoral votes of that state.