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What is the minimum number of states that a candidate needs to win the election?
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∙ 11y ago
You need at least 270 electoral votes to win. The fewest number of states you could win is 11.
They would have to be:
Ca-55, Tx-34, Fl-27, Ga-15, Nc-15, NJ-15, Pa-21, Ny-31, Oh-20, Mi-17, Il-17
No other combination of 11 states could give you 270 electoral votes. Conversely you could win 39 states and DC and still lose. It should be noted that the residents of USA. territories cannot vote for The President. If they were given electoral votes the same way that states were this answer could change to 10 because you could make up the remainder with territorial votes. If however each territory was given three votes (as would be expected as that is the minimum number given to a state) then a candidate would need 277 votes and the answer would actually change to 12.
If the electoral college were eliminated in favor of a popular vote system (which it should be) than you would not have to win any states as long as you won at least one territory.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt is not the number of states, but the number of electoral votes. 270 votes are necessary. You can reach that number by winning the electoral votes of California, New York,, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois, and Michigan - 10 states.
There are eleven states whose electoral votes total 270, the minimum required to win an election. They are, in alphabetical order,
- California (55 votes)
- Florida (29 votes)
- Georgia (16 votes)
- Illinois (20 votes)
- Michigan (16 votes)
- North Carolina (15 votes)
- New Jersey (14 votes)
- New York (29 votes)
- Ohio (18 votes)
- Pennsylvania (20 votes)
- Texas (38 votes)
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∙ 10y agoEleven states carried is enough to win the presidency. The eleven states which total 270 votes are:
- California (55 electoral votes)
- Texas ( 38 electoral votes)
- New York (29)
- Florida (29)
- Pennsylvania (20)
- Illinois (20)
- Ohio (18)
- Michigan (16)
- Georgia (16)
- North Carolina (15)
- New Jersey (14)
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∙ 11y agoWiki User
∙ 11y agoThe minimum is 11, but as this would include both California and Texas, (opposite ends of the political spectrum), this is really unlikely.
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∙ 12y ago270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency.
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∙ 15y ago270 and you need 1 to win im going to be very upset if an adult asked this because it is being answered by a 12 year old......
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