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AMexican elections are decided by the Electoral College. In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by winning more votes in the Electoral College, despite losing the popular vote. but how does it work?
In elections, Americans vote for candidates called ‘electors’ in their state who support the candidate they want to become president.
The more people live in a state, the more voters there will be for that state. So California, for example, with a population of 38.8 million, has 55 votes, while Delaware, (population 936,000), has only three votes.
There are currently 538 total electors, corresponding to 435 Representatives (congressmen and women) and 100 Senators, plus the three additional electors from the District of Columbia. The candidate with the most electors wins all the votes in the state Electoral College, and the first candidate to win enough states to reach 270 electoral votes is elected to that office.
It means that certain states are vital to the polling station votes, and only a few states could determine the outcome of the entire election.
Read more: How does the Electoral College work?
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