What does EV stand for?

Electoral Votes

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The states all decided ages ago to cast their electoral votes based on the outcome of the popular vote in their state, with all but two states casting all their votes based on the statewide totals.

Electoral College bypass deserves voter scrutiny

Currently the presidency is decided by amassing electoral votes awarded by individual states on a winner-take-all basis.

Dems want change — in how president is elected

Stewart is sponsoring legislation, House Bill 383, in which the state would be bound to cast its five electoral votes to the presidential candidate who gets the most votes nationwide -- even if the state voted for another candidate.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS; BILL AIMS TO BIND STATE'S ELECTORAL VOTES TO ...

Barack Obama’s victory is historic and is also the best showing for a Democrat since Bill Clinton won his second term in 1996 with 379 electoral votes.

Convincing, But Not the Landslide It Could Have Been

Obama, who had already won key victories in Ohio and Pennsylvania, picked up 13 electoral votes in Virginia to give him 220.

Obama wins Virginia, presidency

Running total) 58 ELECTORAL VOTES 00:30 Ohio West Virginia 01:00 Alabama Connecticut Delaware DC Florida Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mississippi Missouri New Hamshire New Jersey Oklahoma Pennsylvania 1am GMT, 8pm EST 431 ELECTORAL VOTES 451 ELECTORAL VOTES 538 ELECTORAL VOTES All eyes will be on Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.

270 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER FOR A PRESIDENT; US DECISION DAY 2008 How it ...

How are the two states with the most electoral votes likely to vote?

Up for grabs: the swing states

In total there are 538 electoral votes at stake, so a candidate needs to win 270 to obtain a majority and win.

Winner takes all: how the electoral colleges work