It's a "winner-take-all" system, so the margin of victory doesn't matter. The winner receives all of the state's electoral votes.
North Carolina is the only state with 15 electoral votes.
The non- state with electoral votes is the District of Columbia (DC)
The minimum number of electoral votes per state is three.
Electoral votes are sent from each state to Congress to be counted.
It's a "winner-take-all" system, so the margin of victory doesn't matter. The winner receives all of the state's electoral votes.
No, every state has at least three electoral votes
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
North Carolina is the only state with 15 electoral votes.
California, with 55 electoral votes in 2012.
Every state has 2 electoral for the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate. Every state also has additional electoral votes equal to the number of representative the state has in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The non- state with electoral votes is the District of Columbia (DC)
by state electoral map.
The electoral college now reflects each state's popular vote.
Based on the 2010 Census no state has 29 Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Therefore, no state has 31 electoral votes. Texas is close with 38 electoral votes.
won Florida by a margin of about 2.8% of the vote, receiving 50.92% to McCain's 48.20%. This was significant as Florida carries a considerable number of electoral votes and winning the state helped contribute to Obama's overall victory in the election.
Electoral votes are not divided between democrats and republicans. They are allocated among the states. 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. Each state then votes that states electoral votes for the U.S. presidential candidate who won the election in that state.