Nebraska - 5 votes. To find out how many electoral votes your state has and how it is calculated, simply choose your state from the list below and press "Electoral Votes" If there is a tie, then the House decides the presidency, with each congressional delegation having one vote. To win, a candidate needs 270 of the 538 votes in the Electoral College. Stay tuned on Nov. 3 for live analysis from our reporters. Taking Biden at face value about Michigan and Wisconsin — where, for what it's worth (not that much), the exit poll data looks pretty good for him and he came in with a significant polling lead — here's where the map goes: If Biden wins those two, plus Maine, Nevada and Arizona, but nothing else, he's at 269 electoral votes. Live results and analysis from the Jan. 5 Senate runoffs, White House Correspondent & Associate Editor. But the anti-immigration policies (and Trump’s warnings of socialism) and general rhetoric around immigrants obviously play very different in Arizona, Nevada and Texas than they do in Florida. Infographic: Map of US Electoral College votes by state. West Virginia - 5 votes. He didn't get any electoral votes. In the 2012 election, all six electors cast their votes for President Obama, who won 52.3 percent of the popular vote that year, according to Politico. Of the blue states he was trying to flip, his team was still hopeful near the end he could possibly makes inroads in three - NH, Nevada and Minnesota. Nevada has a knack for picking the winner of presidential contests, as a majority of the state has voted for the candidate who would go on to win the election in almost 90 percent of the elections since 1900, according to Ballotpedia. Virginia - 13 votes. By Allan James Vestal, Andrew Briz, Annette Choi, Beatrice Jin, Andrew McGill and Lily Mihalik. Texas has the second-most with 38 electoral votes. New Jersey - 14 votes. But in Nevada, there are six electors, representing 1.1 percent of the total 538 electoral votes that will be cast in the 2016 presidential election. Nevada and Virginia are becoming more reliably Democratic, as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin swung back toward the party. The Electoral College is not a building, but a process that counts votes in states to assign “electors” to elect a U.S. president. Idaho - 4 votes. Once every state's elector has returned their ballots, the full electoral college vote will be counted by Congress. UNLIKE many countries, the presidential election is decided by the number of Electoral College votes, rather than the popular vote. Electoral votes by state; state number of votes state number of votes; Alabama: … New Mexico - 5 votes. How many electoral votes will each state have in 2020? Illinois - 20 votes. POLITICO's coverage of 2020 races for President, Senate, House, Governors and Key Ballot Measures. That hasn’t happened since the 1800s, and Biden’s electoral win over Trump was decisive, 306-232. Indiana - 11 votes. New Hampshire - 4 votes. Residents in Nevada are less likely than the rest of the country to have a four-year college degree. Electors are selected during each major party's annual convention during the year of a presidential election, which means each elector must be a registered member of a major political party. Electoral votes are used to elect a President and Vice President every four years. In 1972, things started to change.Both Maine and Nebraska allocate the electoral votes they are entitled to in a semi proportional manner. Mail ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 3 and received by Nov. 10. Each state has a different number of electors, and those electors are bound by different rules in each state. The Constitution requires Congress to meet and count the electoral votes. That hasn’t happened since the 1800s, and Joe Biden’s electoral win over Trump was decisive, 306-232. Vermont - 3 votes. California and Texas have the most electoral college votes, with 55 and 38 votes respectively. Max Whittaker/Getty Images News/Getty Images, when the Electoral College meets in each state, electors are legally required to cast their vote, who won 52.3 percent of the popular vote that year, knack for picking the winner of presidential contests, Federal law forbids current members of Congress. There are a total of 538 electoral votes. If there is a tie, then the House decides the presidency, with each congressional delegation having one vote. If Biden wins Nevada, that would give him the 270 needed to declare victory. Nevada - 6 votes. Here's a guide to how many votes each state gets this year to decide the presidency. There are 7 states, along with DC, that have 3 electoral votes… Here's a guide to how many votes each state gets this year to decide the presidency. Wisconsin - 10 votes. WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRE? But in Nevada, there are six electors, representing 1.1 percent of the total 538 electoral votes that will be cast in the 2016 presidential election. Electoral votes are in the general election. Could be a warning sign, but also could be unique to Trump’s efforts in Fla, with Cuban, Venezuelan and Puerto Rican voters.Â, Alex Trump recently went to NH. Laura Charlie Sabrina The question for me is does it point to a lack of investment on the part of the Biden campaign directly to Latinos? Texas is somewhere out there vaguely in play (but probably not really). Kansas - 6 votes The candidate to hit the 270 electoral vote mark first - a majority of the 538 - wins the US election.Here we explain how the Electoral College system works. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. Mr Trump only secured 232 votes in the electoral college in 2020, compared to Mr Biden’s 306. WHAT DOES THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRE? Let's assume Florida, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas are going to Trump. How a life-sized Biden could be a larger-than-life president, Three reasons Joe Biden flipped the Midwest, How a life-sized Biden could be a larger-than-life president, Three reasons Joe Biden flipped the Midwest. Florida and New York are tied for 3rd place, with 29 electoral college votes each. The six copies are distributed to various state and federal officials, who will certify the results of the election. All electors in the state (and alternates, who are to step in if an elector is unable to perform her duty) must sign a pledge promising to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote, regardless of their personal political affiliation. Generally speaking, electors are not publicly named until after they have cast their votes in December. Election results provided by the Associated Press. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. Additional data from U.S. Census Bureau, MIT Election Lab and POLITICO reporting. The race for the White House all comes down to 270 Electoral College votes. All rights reserved. Nevada is given one electoral vote for each Nevada congressional district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two Nevada Senators. Mail ballot processing starts weeks before Election Day. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. Whether a state assigns it votes by a winner-take all system or another way can have important consequences because different vote allocation methods can produce different election results. As President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden campaign in the closing days of the 2020 election, they are focused on a few key states, the states that have the Electoral College votes that will help them win the presidency. The Constitution requires Congress to meet and count the electoral votes. Now that California is in Biden's column, he's at 209 electoral votes, to Trump's 119. After that, New York and Florida are tied with 29 votes each. Florida looks strong for Trump, yet retains the title of the nation’s most important — and most narrowly divided — swing state. Alex's sources are likely right, and it's going to be a long wait. While Americans have already started turning in their ballots, and millions more will turn out to their local polling places on Nov. 8, the future occupant of the White House will ultimately be determined by a small number of electors who make up the Electoral College. So far 1,222,331 votes have been counted, and at the time of writing there are roughly 146,000 ballots left to be counted, primarily in the district of Clark County. So, combine that with the state's two senators, and it has 55 electoral votes. Federal law forbids current members of Congress, or any "person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States" from serving as a state elector. Give him Hawaii, Biden needs to find 58 electoral votes somewhere — some combination of Minnesota (10), Arizona (11), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Pennsylvania (20), Iowa (6), Nevada (6), Maine (3), ME-02 (1), NE-02 (1), Georgia (16). Democratic contender Joe Biden was narrowly ahead of President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning but the race for 270 electoral college votes is tight. 2020 Nevada election results by county, NV electoral college votes: Biden projected to win ABC News can project that Joe Biden has won the state of Nevada… Overseen by the Secretary of State, electors will be given six copies of two ballots each — one for president and one for vice president. Nevada is one of the more diverse states in the U.S. Nevada's median household income falls in the middle of the pack. New York - 29 votes. The race for the White House all comes down to 270 Electoral College votes. Iowa - 6 votes. Which means he's a Nebraska-02 (where he's currently leading) away from hitting 270 on the number, WITHOUT Pennsylvania and Maine's 2nd District. What candidates are competing for now are delegates to the Democratic nominating convention. As a winner-take-all state, Nevada's electors are legally required to cast their vote for the candidate who won the most votes in the state. Live 2020 Nevada election results and maps by country and district. Hawaii - 4 votes. Utah - 6 votes. Arizona (11 electoral votes) jumps onto the list of 2020 swing states, while Nevada’s (6 electoral votes) record-setting growth   could place the state even further out of reach for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign The Electoral College is not a building, but a process that counts votes in states to assign “electors” to elect a U.S. president. In other words, the number of electoral votes Nevada has depends on how many Representatives Nevada has in Washington, D.C. Washington - 12 votes. Sanders got 18 Delegates in Nevada, but he needs nearly 2000 in order to win. He can lose Georgia, but then he needs to win EVERYTHING ELSE if he also lost Pennsylvania. December 14, 2020 —Electors vote The electors in each State meet to select the President and Vice President of the United States. Observation of Miami-Dade and Biden’s underperformance there compared with Clinton is it’s difficult at the moment to extrapolate what this means for Latino voters in states like Nevada, Arizona and Texas. Nevada's electors will formally cast their votes for president and vice president on Dec. 19, when the Electoral College meets in each state.