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California, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Georgia, New Jersey, and North Carolina The total electoral votes from these states for the 2001-2010 census equals 270, the number needed to win the presidency.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoSwing States are the states in which no single party or candidate has clear support to win majority of electoral college votes. Both Candidates try to win these states as that result of swing states decides the fate of elections. Traditionally states of Ohio, Florida are considered as perpetual swing states. Ohio specially has been a known swing state and last voted for a losing contestant in 1960.
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∙ 15y agoGenerally, Ohio and Florida are the most contested states because they are fairly evenly split among liberals and conservatives. I don't think any President has ever one without winning one or both of these states.
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∙ 11y ago11 is the least number of states to win an election (thus a candidate could loose with 39 states). 40 states guarantees victory, no matter what the combination of states. If a candidate loses all of the ten largest states, then 40 states would be needed to win.
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∙ 9y agoStates needed to win the presidency are called swing states. They include Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania and are often battlegrounds in the election.
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What is the minimum number of electors needed to win?
270 electoral votes are needed to win the presidency.
What number of states is needed to win the presidency?
Any combination whose electoral votes total at least 270 will win the election. This can done by winning just the eleven largest states.
What is the number of electors required to win the presidency in the United States?
The number of electors required to win the presidency in the United States is 270 (as of 2014). The candidate has to receive the absolute majority of the votes.
What minimum 4 different combinations of the top 11 states that a candidate could win in order to win the presidency?
Just winning the top 11 states is by itself all that is needed to win. If the candidate wins some other states, then he can lose whatever combination of top states that total to the same number of votes as the smaller states that he wins. I do not understand what you mean by "4 different combinations". Winning any one of the top states is enough if he can win all of others plus DC.
When did Clinton win Presidency?
Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992. He served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
What is the maximum possible number of electoral votes accumulated to win the presidency and still lose.?
The United States requires 270 electoral votes for a candidate to win the presidency. Since there are a total of 538 votes available, a candidate can lose with 268 votes.
What is the least number of states needed to win the electoral vote?
8
Can a candidate win the presidency without winning the following large states?
Yes, The large states California, Texas, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois have a combined total of 189 electorial votes. The rest of the states has a total of 349 electorial votes, and so yes, you can win the rest of the states and win the election.
HOW MANY ELECTORAL VOTES DOES A CANDIAITE NEED TO BE DECLARED PRESIDENT iNDIANA?
A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to be declared President of the United States. Indiana has 11 electoral votes.
Who will win the 2012 presidency?
Mitt Romney
What is the required vote to win the presidency?
270 is the answer.
What is the largest number of states needed to win 270 electoral votes?
If a candidate does not win any of the 10 largest states, he would have to win the 40 other states plus DC in order to be elected, so I suppose 40 is the answer to a rather strange question.
