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270 votes to win!

Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Michael

The United States uses an indirect system called the Electoral College to select its president. The popular vote in each state, rather than the overall nationwide vote, decides US presidential elections.

To win the presidency, a candidate needs 270 electoral college votes.

Check out the following Electoral College maps:

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3 Responses to “270 votes to win!”


  1. Joseph Magaro Says:
    November 8th, 2008 at 9:27 am

    I believe it’s a fair system that should not be messed with! The college allows for each state to have; like a separate election where the one who gets the most votes wins the state… and the winner of any state should win all of the states electoral votes. States are also usually regionalized and overall the Electoral College allows for the majority in a given region and state to be properly represented. A popular vote does not allow for the majority in a regional and state to represent the differences in voters. The Electoral College mathematically seems unfair on the surface however; any other way would not be a true representation of a state’s right to elect a president.

  2. jade whitehead Says:
    November 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am

    I agree with you lj. I think it is a great initiative in which future presidents actaully DO have to go across the country, and it shows they are genuinly concerned with the opinions of all people, not just those with high rise flats! Well done to Obama too; he worked really hard, and he’ll do great things for the USA now elected.

  3. lj Says:
    October 29th, 2008 at 5:08 am

    I sort of agree with this. Otherwise candidates would bypass all rural areas and concentrate campaigning in densely populated cities and suburbs only. That would leave out much of the middle of the country. I am sure someone would disagree and they are most welcome to do so.