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The total number of electors equal the number of Congress-people from every state. There are two Senators from every state and House of Representative members are based on population.
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What special body elects the US president and vice president?
The U.S. President and Vice President are elected by the special body called the Electoral College. Each state has electors that are appointed. In total, there are 538 electors.
Does each state get the same number of votes in the electoral college?
No, each state may appoint a number of electors equal to the total number of U. S. Senators and Representatives to which the state is entitled in both houses of Congress. The District of Columbia may appoint a number of electors equal to the total number of U. S. Senators and Representatives to which it would be entitled if it were a state, but never more than number of electors of the state with the lowest population.Each state has one vote in the electoral college for the election of the president. There are 538 electoral colleges in the United States.
How many electors are given to each state?
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress"
Who officially chooses the president of the United states?
the people of the US but he/she (well can be she hasn't yet) is sworn in by a supreme court justice The above answer is incorrect. Officially the president is NOT elected by the people of the country. The people vote for electors (there are a total of 538 of them), and the electors choose the president.
The number of presidential electors is the same number of what?
The number of electors for a state is determined by the state's representation in Washington. That is, each state has one elector for each senator and one elector for each representative. For example, Wyoming has two senators and one member of the House of Representatives. Therefore, Wyoming has three electors.
What is the total number of electors?
538
What is the total electoral college vote?
Overall there are a total of 538 electors and so 538 electoral votes.Each state gets one electoral vote for each member of the House of Representatives and two electoral votes for the number of Senators. The number of members in the House of Representatives was fixed at 435 in 1911 and there are two senators from each state, for a total of 535 votes from all of the states. The District of Columbia get 3 votes to make the grand total 538.It follows that the majority required to elect is 270 votes. (538/2 + 1 = 270)538
How many members make up the Electoral College?
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
How many electors are in new your state?
There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College for the presidential election. New York State has 29 electors in the Electoral College.
How many people in the electoral college?
there is 538 electors
What determine the number of presidential election for each state?
The number of presidential elections for each state is determined by the number of electors assigned to that state. Each state is allocated a number of electors equal to its number of Senators (always 2) plus its number of Representatives in the House of Representatives (based on its population). The total number of electors across all states is 538, so each state's electors contribute to that total and collectively determine the outcome of the presidential election.
How many presidential electors are there in America?
538
How many pepeole are there in the Electoral College?
There are currently 538. The number of electors for a state in the electoral college is the number of US Representatives for the state (based on state size and population) plus 2, the number of US Senators per state. The number 538 is the total number of representatives in Congress (435) plus the number of Senators (100), plus 3 electoral votes for the District of Columbia.
How many electors are in D.C.?
Washington D.C is allowed to appoint 3 electors.
Why is there 538 electors?
There are 538 electors because of the distribution of the Electoral College. Each congressional district gets a vote as well as two for the senators from each state.
Why is the number of electoral college votes 2 more than the number of house seats?
There are 538 electors, based on there being 435 representatives and 100 senators, plus the three electors from the District of Columbia.
How many electors do you need to become president of the US?
270 because it is the majority of the 538 possible electors.
