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What type of votes actually elect the president-?
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
How many electoral votes do you have to win to become president?
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
Does the president need a majority of the electoral votes or the majority of the popular vote to win?
majority on electoral votes
Who are the group of people that cast official votes to elect the president called?
This group is called the electoral college; its members are called electors and the votes it casts are called electoral votes.
How many electoral votes are needed to elect a United states president?
270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
How many electoral votes has each president gotten since 1980?
Total 270
What is the top 10 highest electoral votes a US president has gotten?
500
What type of votes actually elect the president-?
Electoral votes are the type of votes that actual elect the president.
When has no president gotten 270 electoral votes?
if there is a tie, then the house of representatives chooses te president and the senate chooses the vice-president.
How many electoral votes does Mitt Romney have?
He received 206 electoral votes in the 2012 election. But this was not enough to win, since President Obama received 332.
What is the point of electoral college?
Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States.
What margin is required to for the house to choose the president?
the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes. the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes. the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes.
How how many electoral college votes must be President receive to win the election?
A majority. Since there are currently 538 votes, 270 votes are required.
How many electoral votes did pennsylvania's governor get?
none,electoral college only votes for president n vice president
How many electoral votes do you have to win to become president?
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
When has a president been elected with electoral votes and not popular votes?
president Bush
What margin is required to choose the president for the house of representatives?
the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes. the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes. the people running for president must have a tie in electoral votes.
