2. How many electoral votes does each state
get?
1 for every House of Representative member
1 for each Senator
OH - 16 Reps + 2 Senators = 18 Electoral
Votes
538 Total Votes
Need 270 to win the Presidency
3. The Democratic and Republican parties elect
“electors” for district in the state
These electors actually cast the electoral
voters for the state
When you vote, you are really voting a party’s
elector
4. How does one win the Presidency?
The party that wins the most popular votes in
a state wins all of the electoral votes for that
state
5. H
Examples of candidates winning by 1 vote in
the House of Representatives
1829 Kentucky
Nicholas Coleman def Adam Beatty 2,520 to 2,519
1847 Indiana
George Dunn def David Dobson 7,455 to 7,454
6. 1847 Virginia
Thomas Flournoy won 650 to 649
1854 James Allen def William Archer 8,452 to
8,451
1882 Virginia Robert Mayo def George
Garrison 10,505 to 10,504
7. Harry Truman defeated Thomas Dewey
OH – 9,247 voting precincts
Truman won by 7, 107 votes
If 1 voter changes vote in each district Dewey wins
CA – 16,802 voting precincts
Truman won by 18,625 votes
If 1 voter changes in each district Dewey wins