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How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the US presidency? Answer with the whole number only.

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270
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a candidate needs a strict majority of the 538 total electoral votes allocated under the US Electoral College system (538 total electors, per the 12th Amendment and 3 U.S.C.)
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, en.wikipedia.org, national archives and records administration, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, per the 12th amendment, national archives, electoral college: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about ("a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president"); corroborated by wikipedia, united states electoral college: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/united_states_electoral_college ("a candidate must receive an absolute majority of electoral votes (currently 270) to win the presidency"), national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors to win the presidential election', based on 538 total electoral votes., national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate who gets more than half of all the electoral votes wins ... there are currently 538 electors, based on 435 representatives, 100 senators, and 3 for the district of columbia. a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors — more than half of all electors — to win the presidency.', national archives, what is the electoral college? https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment (requires a majority of electoral votes); national archives office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college' (270 of 538 electoral votes needed to win), u.s. constitution, 12th amendment and 23rd amendment (national archives, archives.gov/electoral-college) establishing 538 total electoral votes and a majority requirement to win; u.s. national archives electoral college faq confirms 270 is the majority threshold., u.s. constitution, 12th amendment and 23rd amendment (total of 538 electors; majority required to win), as summarized by the national archives office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about), u.s. constitution, 12th amendment, and national archives office of the federal register (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating 270 of 538 electoral votes are required to win the presidency, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment, as implemented by the current 538-elector allocation, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment; national archives office of the federal register (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the 538 electors, i.e. 270 votes, u.s. constitution, 12th amendment; national archives office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) — a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 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), which states a candidate needs 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, "electoral college: about" (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and 12th amendment to the u.s. constitution, which both state a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270) to win the presidency, u.s. national archives and records administration, office of the federal register, 'electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate must receive 270 of 538 electoral votes to win., u.s. national archives, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — 270 of 538 votes needed to win, u.s. national archives, electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors to win the presidential election,' out of 538 total electors, u.s. national archives, electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors — more than half of all 538 electors — to win the presidential election.', u.s. national archives, electoral college faqs (https://www.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, electoral college faqs (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'a candidate must receive at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidential election' out of a total of 538 electoral votes., u.s. national archives, electoral college faqs (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): total of 538 electoral votes; a candidate needs a majority, 270, to win., u.s. national archives, electoral college, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov) — states 270 of 538 electoral votes are needed to win, u.s. national archives, electoral college: 'a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about); corroborated by usa.gov: '270 electors—more than half of all electors—to win the presidential election' (usa.gov/electoral-college), u.s. national archives, office of the federal register - 'what is the electoral college': a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register - 'what is the electoral college': a candidate needs a majority of 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register - 'what is the electoral college?' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and u.s. house of representatives / 12th amendment, u.s. constitution, both stating a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270) to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register - electoral college faq (538 total votes, 270 needed to win), u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'electoral college: about'/'frequently asked questions' (archives.gov), which states the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency; corroborated by article ii / 12th amendment of the u.s. constitution establishing the majority requirement., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — 'what is the electoral college?' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about), which states a candidate must receive at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register — u.s. electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq), which states the total of 538 electors and that a candidate needs 270 votes to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, "electoral college: frequently asked questions" (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate must receive 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, per the 12th amendment, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'about the electors' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and the twelfth amendment to the u.s. constitution, both stating the electoral college has 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, 'about the electors' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and u.s. constitution, 12th amendment: 538 total electoral votes, 270 needed for a majority to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'about the electors' (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about): 'the candidate who gets more than half of all the electoral votes wins... there are currently 538 electoral votes, so a candidate needs at least 270 to win.', u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about the electors' (archives.gov) and u.s. constitution twenty-third amendment, both stating the electoral college has 538 electors and a majority of 270 is required to win., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) and 3 u.s.c. §19/12th amendment summary, both stating the 538-elector total and the 270-vote majority needed to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov) — states the electoral college has 538 electors and a candidate needs a majority of 270 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) — 538 total electors; 270 votes needed to win, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov) — states a candidate must receive an absolute majority of 270 of the 538 electoral votes 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 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, 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 u.s. constitution, both stating a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes (270) 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 'electoral college fast facts' (senate.gov) — 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) — states a candidate must receive 270 of 538 electoral votes (a majority) to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) — states 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, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about): a candidate must receive a majority of the 538 electors' votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about): the electoral college consists of 538 electors, and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college?': 538 total electoral votes; a candidate needs a majority, 270 votes, to win the presidency., u.s. national archives, office of the federal register, electoral college faq (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate must receive at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors to win the presidency' out of 538 total electoral votes, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate must receive 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win; corroborated by 3 u.s.c. §3 and the 23rd amendment fixing the total at 538., u.s. national archives, u.s. electoral college faqs (https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — 'a candidate needs the vote of at least 270 electors ... to win the presidential election.', us constitution art. ii / 12th amendment and 23rd amendment; national archives, office of the federal register, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about), us constitution art. ii, sec. 1 / 12th amendment, as implemented by 3 u.s.c. and current electoral college allocation (538 total electors), us constitution, 12th amendment (electoral college majority requirement); national archives office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (538 total electors, 270 needed to win), us constitution, 12th amendment (electors.cs.gov / national archives electoral college summary): the electoral college has 538 electors total, and a candidate needs a majority, 270, to win the presidency., us constitution, 12th amendment (ratified 1804), as codified in 3 u.s.c.: the president is elected by a majority of the whole number of appointed electors; with 538 total electors, a majority is 270., us constitution, 12th amendment, and 3 u.s.c. §15 as summarized by the national archives electoral college faq (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): a candidate must win a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency., us constitution, twelfth amendment (as implemented by 3 u.s.c. § 15): a candidate must receive a majority of the 538 total electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency without the election going to the house of representatives., us constitution, twelfth amendment (as modified by the twenty-third amendment, which set total electoral votes at 538), us constitution, twelfth amendment (majority of electors required) and twenty-third amendment (fixing the electoral college at 538 electors); us national archives, office of the federal register, 'about the electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, us national archives, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov) — a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency, us national archives, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov): the electoral college consists of 538 electors and a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to win the presidency, us national archives, 'what is the electoral college' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about), which states a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win, us national archives, 'what is the electoral college?' (archives.gov/electoral-college): 538 total electors; a candidate needs 270 to win a majority., us national archives, office of the federal register, 'u.s. electoral college: frequently asked questions' (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq) — states a candidate must receive at least 270 of the 538 electoral votes to win the presidency., us national archives, u.s. electoral college faqs (archives.gov/electoral-college/faq): 'the candidate must receive a majority of the electoral votes, currently 270 of 538 votes'; 12th amendment to the u.s. constitution requiring a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, usagov, electoral college (https://www.usa.gov/electoral-college), www.archives.gov, www.usa.gov

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    #1032270US National Archives, 'What is the Electoral College?' (archives.gov/electoral-college): 538 total electors; a candidate needs 270 to win a majority.
    #1812270U.S. Constitution, 12th Amendment; National Archives Office of the Federal Register, 'U.S. Electoral College: Frequently Asked Questions' (archives.gov) — a candidate needs a majority of the 538 electoral votes, i.e. 270, to win the presidency.
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    #1176270US Constitution, Twelfth Amendment (majority of electors required) and Twenty-third Amendment (fixing the Electoral College at 538 electors); US National Archives, Office of the Federal Register, 'About the Electors' (archives.gov/electoral-college/about) stating a candidate needs 270 of 538 electoral votes to win
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