How Electoral Colleges Votes are counted in The USA Presidential Election
Each state in US has a number of electoral college votes. For example:
If a presidential candidate wins popular votes in a state even if it is by 0.01%, he gets all the electoral college votes from that state.
For example, if Trump wins popular votes in Oklahoma, he gets all the 7 electoral college votes in his tally. And if Biden Wins popular vote in Minnesota, he gets all the 10 electoral college votes in his tally.
For a presidential candidate to win US presidential elections, he/she must amass more than 270 out of 538 electoral college votes which is more than half of the total number (538).
See more of this topic in this video​If a presidential candidate wins popular votes in a state even if it is by 0.01%, he gets all the electoral college votes from that state.
A presidential candidate can win popular votes (votes cast directly by US registered voters) but still lose an election if he/she cannot amass at least 270 electoral college votes. This happened to Mrs Clinton in 2016 general elections.
The electoral college votes tend to favor southern states and republicans more than democrats based on the number of people who cast their votes per college vote.
Some states influence the outcome of a US presidential elections by favoring a candidate in the electoral college vote. Such states are called swing states.
The chances of a US presidential candidate winning a white house race increases spontaneously if he/she wins in key/swing states which vary according to voter behaviour.
Some states such as Florida-29, North Carolina-15, Arizona-11, Michigan-16 and a dozen more others are very essential in determining the winner of any US presidential election.
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