It does not take a certain amount of votes to become president. The steps are a little bit different than most sommon votes.
Each state has an election for the president on the same day. The candidate who wins the majority of the popular vote for that state gets all of that state's electoral college points. Each state has a different number of points in the electoral college sytem based on their population.
It takes 270 electoral college points to win an election.
For more information, check out http://www.270towin.com/
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∙ 15y agoIf you mean the votes of the general public, there is no set number. In fact it is possible for a candidate to become president even if more people voted for the other candidate. The true vote is in the Electoral College. There are 538 members, so a candidate must get 270 votes to be president. Keep in mind though that if there is a tie electoral college vote, 269 to 269, the House of Representatives will choose who will be president. Looking at it this way, one could say that 269 electoral votes is enough. But only 270 guarantees the win.
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∙ 10y agoThe President of the United States is not elected directly by the people but rather by the Electoral Collage.
United States citizens vote for electors and the electors vote for the president and vice president.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.
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∙ 15y ago235.................i think
more than 50%
To be declared the winner, a candidate needs at least 270 electoral college votes.
majority on electoral votes
none
It depends on how many votes the other candidate is getting. If you were a candidate running for president, and if your opponent had 74 votes, you'd have to get more than that to win the election. If he got 98, you have to get more than 98 to win.
270 votes
To become president they need 265 electoral votes.
There's no threshold. They just need to get more votes than their opponents.
Since 1964 the winner needs 270 out of 538.
He needs 2/3 of the votes of the cardinal electors.
All the electoral votes would help one wipe out
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As much as you want
A person needs 270 electoral votes to win an election.
more than 50%
You need a majority in the house and there needs to be a quorum