A document variety of Individuals have voted early within the 2024 presidential election, and lots of hundreds of thousands extra are anticipated to forged their ballots earlier than the polls shut in every state on Election Day. However as we’re reminded each 4 years, it isn’t the favored vote that decides who wins the presidency — it is the result of the Electoral School.
There are 538 votes within the Electoral School and it takes a majority — 270 — to win. In most states, it is a winner-take-all system — whichever candidate comes out forward, irrespective of how slim the margin, will get the entire state’s Electoral School votes. Solely two states, Maine and Nebraska, enable their electoral votes to be cut up.
The race between Republican former President Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will probably come right down to a handful of battleground states the place voters are carefully divided. Of these, Pennsylvania has essentially the most electoral votes at stake, with 19, adopted by North Carolina and Georgia with 16 every, Michigan with 15, Arizona with 11, Wisconsin with 10, and Nevada with 6.
What number of Electoral School votes does every state have?
The variety of Electoral School votes every state will get is the same as its complete variety of U.S. senators and representatives in Congress. This implies every state will get a minimum of three, whereas states with bigger populations get extra. The District of Columbia additionally will get three, though it has no voting members in Congress.
States could acquire or lose electoral votes because the inhabitants shifts. Within the congressional redistricting that adopted the 2020 U.S. Census, six states picked up a minimum of one further Home seat — and thus an additional electoral vote — whereas seven states misplaced one.
Which state has essentially the most electoral votes?
California, essentially the most populous state within the nation, has 54 electoral votes. With a inhabitants of over 39.5 million folks, in response to the 2020 Census, which means California has one elector for each 732,189 residents.
Texas is subsequent, with 40 electoral votes, adopted by Florida with 30 and New York with 28.
Which state has the least electoral votes?
Six states with the smallest populations have three electoral votes every: Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming. Washington, D.C., additionally will get three. In Wyoming, whose inhabitants of about 576,850 is the nation’s smallest, that works out to 1 elector for each 182,283 residents.
Which state has gained essentially the most electoral votes?
Texas gained two electoral votes in 2024, giving it a complete of 40 on this 12 months’s presidential race, up from 38 within the 2020 election.
5 different states — Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon — gained one electoral vote every.
Which state has misplaced essentially the most electoral votes?
Seven states misplaced an electoral vote in 2024: California, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
The map under reveals all of the states that gained or misplaced Electoral School votes for the 2024 election.
