How many electoral votes did Barack Obama win by in 2008?
Barack Obama beat John McCain by 192 electoral votes. Obama had 365 while McCain had 173. Thanks for asking ChaCha!
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Can you tell me in the election of 1860, how many states cast their electoral votes for Lincoln?
Abraham Lincoln carried 180 electoral votes in the election o...
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How does an electoral vote work?
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors (one for each ...
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What is the minimum number of electoral votes a State will have?
No state can have fewer than three electoral states. ChaCha!
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Who decides the electoral votes?
If no candidate can grab a majority (currently 270) of the El...
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What happens if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral vote?
As directed by the 12th Amendment, the 435 members of the Hou...
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Who makes up the electoral vote?
State laws determine how electors are chosen, but they are us...
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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win an election?
The candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the election. ...
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How are electoral votes counted?
Each state has a set number of electoral votes which decide w...
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How many electoral votes does Hawaii have?
Hawaii has 4 of the nation's 538 total electoral votes. The 1...
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Why does California have 54 electoral votes?
The electoral votes each state has is based on how many repre...
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How is the number of electoral votes determined for each state?
The number of electors in each state is equal to the number o...
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What is the number of electoral votes that Arkansas has?
The state of Arkansas has 6 electoral votes. California has t...
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How many electoral votes did the presidential winner of California receive in 2004?
In the 2004 election, President Bush won 286 electoral votes ...
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How many electoral votes are required to win?
The winner will need 270 electoral votes to win. Currently, M...
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How many electoral votes are there and How many are needed to win?
There are 538 total electoral votes and 270 electoral votes -...
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Which states have the most electoral votes?
California is the highest with 55 electoral votes. New York f...
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How many electoral votes does it take to win a presidential election?
To win a US Presidential election the candidate must get at l...
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How are electoral votes decided?
The electoral votes are distributed by population of states, ...
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How many electoral votes are there?
There are 538 Electoral votes. 270 is needed to win. Obama wo...
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What is the number of electoral votes that Arkansas has?
The state of Arkansas has 6 electoral votes. California has t...
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How many electoral votes are there?
There are 538 Electoral votes. 270 is needed to win. Obama wo...
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What is the percentage for the electoral vote?
A simple majority, that is > 50% or 270 electoral votes Want ...
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What are votes of the electorate called?
The electoral college; n is the body of electors who formally...
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What are the total number of electoral votes in the electoral college?
There are a total of 538 electoral votes, and the number of v...
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How many electoral votes are their?
538. This number no longer increases because the number of me...
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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the presidency?
They need 270 to win.
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What are the fewest number of states needed to get 270 electoral votes and what are they?
Arkansas, California, Arizona, Alaska are the fewest number o...
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What is the number of electoral votes that Arkansas has?
The state of Arkansas has 6 electoral votes. California has t...
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How many electoral votes does it take to win a presidential election?
To win a US Presidential election the candidate must get at l...
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You need 270 votes from the electoral college and the easiest...
About Electoral Votes
Electoral Votes are part of the Electoral College, representatives who formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States of America. Voters in Presidential Elections do not directly vote for the President, instead they vote for electors representing their state. The elector may cast only one vote for President and one vote for Vice-President.
About John McCain
John McCain is a Republican Senator from Arizona, who served in the U.S. Navy and was tortured as a POW for 5 years. McCain is best known for running as Republican nominee for President of the United States with running mate Sarah Palin in the 2008 election against Barack Obama.
About Barack Obama
Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American president of the United States. He was born in Hawaii, where he went to high school. He started his undergraduate studies in Los Angeles but soon transferred to Columbia University in New York City, where he graduated. He worked for awhile as a community organizer in Chicago, then entered Harvard Law where he was Editor of the Law Review. A stint as an Illinois State Senator, then a U.S. Senator from Illinois, was followed by his nomination and election as President in 2008.
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