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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the US presidency? Answer with the whole number only.
Answer
270
- win threshold
- A majority of the 538 electoral votes available; the minimum number is 270.
- sources
- www.archives.gov, national archives, elections and the electoral college: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/fall/historian-electoral-college, national archives, https://www.archives.gov/files/oig/reports/audit-report-18-aud-04.pdf, national archives, to choose a president: https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/summer/archivist.html, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment (majority of electors appointed required to win); current electoral college total of 538 votes (435 house + 100 senate + 3 dc electors per 23rd amendment), yielding a majority threshold of 270., u.s. constitution, 12th amendment (majority of electors appointed) combined with the fixed total of 538 electors (435 house + 100 senate + 3 d.c. electors per the 23rd amendment); widely published figure (e.g., national archives office of the federal register, https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating 270 as the majority needed to win., u.s. constitution, art. ii, sec. 1 and 12th amendment, as implemented via 3 u.s.c.; national archives office of the federal register, 'electoral college: 2020-2024 elections' (archives.gov/electoral-college) — a candidate must receive a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270., u.s. constitution, twelfth amendment (requires a 'majority of the whole number of electors appointed'); national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), which states a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, u.s. electoral college overview (national archives, archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and 3 u.s. code § 21, which fix the electoral college at 538 electors; a candidate needs a majority of 270 votes to win., u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, "what is the electoral college?" (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states a candidate must receive at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs the vote of a majority, 270, to win., u.s. national archives, electoral college faq: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq (states that if no candidate gets 270 electoral votes, no candidate has a majority)., u.s. national archives, electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): a candidate must receive a majority of 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, electoral college, 'about the electors' / 'results' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and the twelfth amendment to the u.s. constitution — both state the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority, 270, to win., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about): the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — u.s. electoral college faqs (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), which states a candidate must receive at least 270 of the 538 total electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'electoral college: about' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and u.s. house of representatives, 'the electoral college' (https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process/electoral-college), both stating 270 of 538 total electoral votes is required to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and 'u.s. electoral college: results' pages, both stating 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and the 12th amendment to the u.s. constitution, both stating the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority (270) to win., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) and u.s. senate 'about the electoral college' page, both stating 270 of 538 total electoral votes are required to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states a candidate must receive a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. at least 270, to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states that 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate needs at least 270 votes to win the presidential election' out of 538 total electoral votes, per the twelfth amendment., u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors—more than half of all electors—to win the presidential election.', us constitution, 12th amendment (and national archives electoral college overview, archives.gov): the electoral college has 538 total electors; a candidate needs a majority, i.e. 270 electoral votes, to win the presidency., us constitution, 12th amendment and 23rd amendment (total 538 electors); national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, us constitution, 12th amendment, and national archives office of the federal register (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) state the electoral college has 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., us constitution, 12th amendment, as codified at 3 u.s.c. § 1 et seq.; the electoral college consists of 538 electors, and a candidate must receive a majority (270) of electoral votes to win the presidency., us national archives, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) and us constitution 12th amendment: 538 total electors, majority of 270 required to win, us national archives, electoral college faqs (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors to win the presidency' (538 total electors, majority = 270)., us national archives, office of the federal register: 'electoral college' overview (archives.gov/electoral-college) and us constitution 12th amendment, stating 538 total electoral votes and a majority (270) required to win, usagov, electoral college (https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college/); national archives, to choose a president (https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/summer/archivist.html), usagov, electoral college (https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college/); national archives, to choose a president (https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2012/summer/archivist.html). both state that the threshold is 270 electoral votes., www.app.cloud.gov, www.usa.gov
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