Election Is It Who Gets To 270 First

Half of that number is 269.

Election is it who gets to 270 first. The electoral college must cast its ballots on the first monday after the second wednesday in december. The same process would come into play if a third party candidate were to win enough electoral votes to prevent either candidate from reaching 270. Presidential election is.

It takes 270 or more electoral votes to win a presidential election. If the electoral college is tied 269 269 there is no winner. The voting is all done on election day or i.

A guide to the when why what and how the history of the electoral college barack obama won the 2012 election against mitt romney with both the popular vote 51 1 percent. Well there are 538 electoral votes up for grabs every presidential election. It was the fifth time in american history that the winner of the presidential.

Don t get too excited too soon. And state results won t be certified for another week at least not including recounts. But before you exclaim with joy that the democrats have the majority in the house right now and therefore biden would win i need you to sit down.

Just be patient and let the process work itself out. Filed under 2020 presidential election. It s whoever actually wins enough states to get 270 or more electors.

Technically it s not whoever gets 270 votes first. They d keep at it. If the the 2020 u s.