How does the electoral college work
- how is electoral college decided
- how is electoral votes decided
- how is electoral college chosen
- how is electoral votes determined for each state
Electoral college vs popular vote
What is the electoral college.
Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House.
Five presidents in the history of the nation won the presidency without winning the popular vote — most recently, Donald Trump in 2016.
His opponent that year, Hillary Clinton, won over 2.8 million more votes than Trump nationwide, but she lost enough key states to be defeated in the Electoral College, 306 to 232.
In 2020, Trump lost both the popular vote and the Electoral College to Joe Biden.
The electoral vote was 306 to 232, but in the Democrat's favor.
Trump is again the GOP nominee in the 2024 election in what has shaped up to be a tight race against Vice President Kamala Harris — with over 82 million ballots cast in early voting.
Here's how the Electoral College works, as well as details on its history and what role individual voters play in the outcome of the presidential election.
What is the Electoral College and how does it work?
The Electoral College is the proc
- how does electoral college decide
- how are electoral college determined