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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the US presidency?

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270
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, britannica, "electoral college" (britannica.com/topic/electoral-college); u.s. national archives, "about the electors" (archives.gov/electoral-college/electors), britannica, "electoral college" (britannica.com/topic/electoral-college); u.s. national archives, "about the electors" / electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — both state 270 of 538 electoral votes are required to win., britannica, "electoral college" (britannica.com/topic/electoral-college-united-states-government); u.s. national archives, "u.s. electoral college faq" (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), britannica, "electoral college"; u.s. national archives office of the federal register, "about the electors" (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — both state 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, national archives and records administration (archives.gov), 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions', national archives and records administration (archives.gov), 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' — states the electoral college comprises 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., national archives and records administration (archives.gov), u.s. electoral college faq: total of 538 electoral votes, majority of 270 required to win., national archives and records administration - u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states a candidate must win a majority of the 538 electors, i.e. at least 270 electoral votes, to be elected president, national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college) — 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors—more than half of all electors—to win the presidential election.', national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college), read directly: states the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority, i.e. at least 270, to win the presidency., national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) - a majority of 270 of the 538 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's entry on the u.s. electoral college., national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), which states the electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica entry on the electoral college, national archives and records administration, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, national archives, 'what is the electoral college?' — https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, national archives, archives.gov/electoral-college/about: 'a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president' (538 electors total)., national archives, u.s. electoral college (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states the winning candidate must receive an absolute majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. at least 270, national archives, u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's electoral college entry., national archives, u.s. electoral college - https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college, national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors to win the presidential election,' reflecting a majority of the 538 total electoral votes., national archives, u.s. electoral college official site (archives.gov/electoral-college): 538 total electoral votes; a candidate needs a majority, 270, to win the presidency., national archives, u.s. electoral college overview (archives.gov/electoral-college/about): total of 538 electors nationwide, so a candidate needs a majority, 270 electoral votes, to win the presidency., national archives, u.s. electoral college overview (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — a candidate must receive a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency., national archives, u.s. electoral college, 'about the electors', https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, national archives, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, national archives, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about (states a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president), national archives, what is the electoral college? — https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, the national archives, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, u.s. national archives (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states 538 total electors and 270 needed for a majority; corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's electoral college entry, u.s. national archives - u.s. electoral college (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), which states a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency., u.s. national archives and records administration, 'about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and encyclopaedia britannica, 'electoral college' entry: the electoral college has 538 electors, and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., u.s. national archives and records administration, 'what is the electoral college?' https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about — states that a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president., u.s. national archives and records administration, electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college): 538 total electors; a majority, 270, is required to win the presidency., u.s. national archives and records administration, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, u.s. national archives and records administration, what is the electoral college?: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, u.s. national archives, electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), u.s. national archives, electoral college faq: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq, u.s. national archives, electoral college overview (archives.gov/electoral-college/about); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica, u.s. national archives, electoral college: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica's electoral college entry, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — electoral college (archives.gov/electoral-college); corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica, 'electoral college' article, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov), u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), corroborated by encyclopaedia britannica, 'electoral college', u.s. national archives, what is the electoral college? — https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, us national archives and records administration, office of the federal register - 'what is the electoral college' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), usagov, electoral college — https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college, www.archives.gov, www.usa.gov

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