American history help. Quick question regarding the electoral college.?

Question

What is the minimum amount of states needed to win the Presidency?

Answer 1

You need 270 votes, 11 states if you get these 11 states which gives you 271 votes
CA - 55
TX - 34
NY - 31
FL - 27
IL - 21
PA -21
OH - 20
MI 17
NJ -15
GA -15
NC -15

Answer 2

The US presidency is not "won" by popular vote but by the Electoral College. The Electoral College is the constitutional mechanism by which candidates are chosen for the office of the president. The Electoral College consists of 538 members or votes - 1 for each member of the House of Representatives (435) and Senate (100), plus 3 for the District of Columbia. A presidential candidate must have 270 electoral votes in order to "win" the presidency - a simple majority of the electoral votes. There is no minimum amount of states needed to win the US presidency.

Answer 3

So far "not myself" is the closest answer.

It is really 11 states using todays electoral college.

If you win the 11 biggest electoral college states, you end up with
271 electoral votes and need only 270 to become president. On the link below just have one party take all states with 15 or more electoral votes and those 11 states make you queen for a day.

http://uselectionatlas.org/TOOLS/evcalc_sm.php?year=2004

Answer 4

the president elect has to have 270 electoral votes. This can be accomplished with as little as 12 states. Those being CA=54, NY=33, TX=32, FL=25, PA=23, IL=22, OH=21, MI=18, MA=12, WA=11, TN=11, MD=10

Answer 5

Is your question what is the least possible states? Or do you want to know the amount of points/votes needed to win? The magic number is 271. The least number of states needed is: 13 states. If you have California, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia and ONE small state (North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont, DC or Montana all which have 3 votes) a candidate could get the 271 votes needed for the presidency.

Answer 6

Technically, there isn't one. The number of electoral votes for each state is determined by representation in the House and Senate. Representation in the House is determined by population and changes every 10 years based on the US Census.

By my count, 11 is the current minimum.
California 55
Texas 34
New York 31
Florida 27
Illinois 21
Pennsylvania 21
Ohio 20
Michigan 17
North Carolina 15
New Jersey 15
Georgia 15

Total 271

270 of 538 electoral votes required.

Answer 7

You have to win at least 13 states, provided they are the ones with the most electoral votes, which is rarely the case, to get the 270 votes needed to become president.

Answer 8

there is no minimum amount of states ... basically it's like this everybody in the states vote. each state has a certain numbe rof representitives. there is one representitive for every 500,000 people and 2 senators for each state (ex. md has 8 representitives and 2 senators). whe people in the stay vote who ever has the 50%+1 majority vote is how many votes the reps put in (ex. bush vs. kerry, bush wins the majority vote so there for all the representitives form maryland have to cast their vote for bush) now there are 400+ (forgot the number) of total representitives and senators representing the total fo the 50 states. so basically the candidate needs 50%+1 of those total votes to win (about 276+1 or so)

Answer 9

13

Answer 10

Its not undemanding to not be rude while your info are incorrect. W gained the favored vote in 2004. by extremely lots. we are a republic. If somebody gets fifty one% of the vote in CA or one hundred%, CA in basic terms gets a proportional say. So the favored vote is beside the point.