The Electoral College is represented by the people who are elected to serve in it. These people are called electors. Each state has a set number of...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
But a presidential election could end up in an Electoral College tie, 269 to 269. Or it’s also possible that a third party candidate could win enough electoral votes to prevent any candidate from winning a majority. In these instances, the presidential election is decided in the U.S. Hous...
America 101: What is the Electoral College? Ebro Darden describes how it's not the popular vote but rather the Electoral College that officially elects the president. To win a modern presidential election, a candidate needs to capture 270 of the 538 total electoral votes. States are allotted ...
Candidates need to earn at least 15% support in four approved national polls and be on the ballot in enoughstates to be able to win 270 votesin the Electoral College — the threshold to win the presidency — in order to qualify.
Members of the Electoral College voted for their top two candidates in 1800, which meant Adams, Jefferson, and their running mates, Charles C. Pinckney and Aaron Burr, respectively, were essentially on equal footing.Jefferson and Burr tiedand, in a subsequent vote in the House of ...
Here’s a viewer’s guide to how the Electoral College works, who will cast the votes, what to watch for — and what could go wrong.
Polling averages have suggested that Harris’ clearest path to an Electoral College majority ran through the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — which, combined with the electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District would give her 270 electoral votes, even if...
Trump is widely expected to carry the Second District (and its lone Electoral College vote) again, in which case Golden would need to outrun the top of the ticket to hold on. One thing the incumbent has: plenty of cash. He raised $1.8 million the last quarter and has $3.3 million...
Nevada is the smallest of the battleground states in terms of Electoral College votes, but you’d hardly know it. It’s been inundated by roughly $250 million in ad spending this election cycle, and the two presidential tickets have made a combined 16 visits since March alone. With ju...