The victor is the first to win a majority of electors ... president after he and Aaron Burr tied in the Electoral College vote (AFP via Getty Images) It is also unknown what would happen were ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. CATHY WURZER: OK, think of this number-- 270. It's a magic number. 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency. As you know, a state's allocation ...

Every four years, there’s one thing everybody is talking about: the Electoral College ... to win enough states to add up to 270 electoral votes — which is just over half of 538. Image In ...

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's campaigns have devised paths toward victory, a strategy of which states to win to give them the necessary 270 votes in the college. There are 225 electoral ...

As Election Day grows near, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are still in a tight race to cross the 270 electoral college ... Harnik/Getty Images If the polls ...

there's a remote possibility in a race this tight that neither candidate gets the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency. It's not how the Electoral College was intended to work ...

Both Ms Harris and Mr Trump need to secure 270 Electoral College votes to win the election, rather than a simple majority known as the popular vote - widely predicted to be won by the Democrats ...

Instead, it takes 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College. What is the Electoral ... There are 538 electoral votes. To win, a candidate needs one more than half — or 270.

The byzantine Electoral College system has ... The victor is the first to win a majority of electors, the so-called magic number of 270. Each state’s slate of electors then convene before ...

and a candidate needs at least 270 to win," Fox News' Todd Piro explained on "Fox and Friends" in November 2020. In the Electoral College, Washington D.C. has its own three electors. In 48 states ...

To become president, a candidate must win 270 electoral votes. A president can win the electoral college without winning the popular vote. This has happened four times in U.S. history, twice in ...