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How many electoral votes are needed to win the US presidency? Answer with the whole number only.

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270
winThreshold
a strict majority of total electoral votes, i.e. floor(538/2) + 1 = 270
totalElectoralVotes
538, as fixed by the Electoral Count Act apportionment (435 House seats + 100 Senate seats + 3 for the District of Columbia under the 23rd Amendment)
sources
, national archives and records administration, 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.', 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 that 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, reputable public reference sources (encyclopaedia britannica, official government/organization records, baseball-reference/mlb, and primary project documentation)., u.s. constitution, 12th amendment (majority of electors appointed required to win) and 23rd amendment (d.c. electors), giving 538 total electors and a 270-vote majority threshold; this is a fixed constitutional/statutory fact, unrelated to on-chain data in the pinned block window, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment and 23rd amendment (total electoral college size of 538: 435 representatives + 100 senators + 3 d.c. electors); national archives office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov), which states a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment and 23rd amendment; national archives office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, u.s. national archives and records administration, 'about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about), which states the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs the vote of a majority (270) to win the presidency., u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states that 270 of the 538 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): a candidate must receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, electoral college: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college (538 electors; 270 needed to win), u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'about the electors' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), and u.s. house of representatives/u.s. senate civic references on the electoral college, both stating 538 total electors and 270 needed for a majority., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), and article ii / 12th amendment of the u.s. constitution, both stating the electoral college comprises 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority (270) of electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'electoral college fast facts' / u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) and u.s. constitution 12th amendment: 538 total electoral votes, 270 needed to win a majority., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about the electors' (archives.gov) — states 538 total electors and 270 needed to win; corroborated by u.s. senate official reference (senate.gov) on the electoral college., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) and u.s. constitution twelfth amendment / 23rd amendment civics references, both stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 total electoral votes to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) and u.s. senate.gov overview of the electoral college, both stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) and the twenty-third amendment to the u.s. constitution, which together fix the total at 538 electoral votes and the winning threshold at a majority, 270, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and the 12th amendment to the us constitution: 538 total electoral votes, with 270 being the minimum strict majority needed to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and u.s. senate reference (senate.gov) both state the electoral college has 538 total electors and a presidential candidate needs a majority of electoral votes, 270 of 538, to win., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about): total of 538 electors, 270 votes needed to win a majority, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, u.s. electoral college faq (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.", u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) and u.s. senate, 'about the electoral college' (senate.gov) — both state 538 total electoral votes and 270 as the majority needed to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win; and 12th amendment to the u.s. constitution requiring a majority of electoral votes., us constitution, 12th amendment (majority of electoral votes required) and article ii/14th & 23rd amendments establishing 538 total electoral votes; as summarized by the national archives office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about), which states a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win., us constitution, 12th amendment (majority of electors required); us national archives, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs 270 votes to win, us constitution, 12th amendment, and 3 u.s.c. chapter 1 (electoral college procedures): the electoral college has 538 electors total, and a candidate needs a majority, i.e. 270 votes, to win the presidency. this is a fixed, publicly documented civic fact (e.g. as stated by the u.s. national archives' electoral college website, archives.gov/electoral-college), not derivable from on-chain data., us constitution, article ii / 12th amendment, and 3 u.s.c. § 1 et seq. (electoral count act) establishing the electoral college with 538 total electors; national archives office of the federal register (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) states a candidate needs a majority of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency, us national archives and records administration (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and the 12th amendment to the us constitution, both stating the total of 538 electoral votes and that a majority (270) is required to win the presidency., us national archives, 'electoral college fast facts' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) and 3 u.s.c. § 1 et seq. (electoral count act): the electoral college has 538 total votes and a candidate must receive a majority, i.e. 270 or more, to win the presidency, us national archives, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 538 total electors, 270 votes needed to win (majority), us national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about'/'frequently asked questions' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states there are 538 electoral votes total and a candidate needs a majority, 270, to win, us national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) and the 12th amendment to the us constitution, both stating the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority (270) of electoral votes to win the presidency., us national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): a candidate must receive an absolute majority of 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, usagov, electoral college, https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college/, www.archives.gov, www.usa.gov

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