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How the Electoral College works – and how it affected battleground states in 2020
Critics say the Electoral College process puts too much emphasis on swing states and negates the popular vote.
George Petras and Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY
Published
8:05 pm UTC Dec. 14, 2020
Though Americans choose most of their elected officials by popular vote, the selection of a U.S. president is not as direct.
The presidency is decided by vote of the Electoral College, a temporary slate of 538 electors, all chosen by their state political parties. Each elector casts one vote; a presidential candidate needs 270 of these votes to win.
The process has faced mounting criticism, starting in the controversial 2000 presidential election, in which Republican George W. Bush defeated Democrat Al Gore, despite having lost the popular vote.
In this Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, Colorado elector Micheal Baca, second from left, talks with legal counsel after he was removed from the panel for voting for a different candidate than the one who won the popular vote, during the Electoral College vote at the Capitol in Denver. Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams, front right, looks on. On Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Williams violated the Constitution when he removed Baca from the panel.
(File photo by Brennan Linsley, Associated Press)
The Electoral College is the system by which the U.S. elects the president.
There are 538 electors total, and a candidate must receive a majority or 270 votes to win the presidency. Parties choose their electors, which are typically elected officials or party loyalists.
In states where Trump got more votes, the Republican slate of electors cast votes, and in states where Biden got more votes, the Democratic slate will cast their votes.
Each state has the same number of electors as its congressional delegation one for each senator and congressperson. Oregon has seven electors, while Washington has twelve.
Forty-eight states, including Oregon and Washington, use a “winner-take-all system” where the candidates who received the most votes in the state receive all the state’s electoral votes.
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