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From the point of view of how electoral votes are decided (excluding faithless electors), it is determined by plurality, not majority. A state's electoral votes
by grzm 10y ago
From the point of view of how electoral votes are decided (excluding faithless electors), it is determined by plurality, not majority. A state's electoral votes go to the candidate who receives the most votes (a plurality), not the one who receives more than half (a majority).
- paulddraper 10y agoIt's a majority of electoral college. It's up to each state to choose their electors (plutority of popular vote, as you said being the most common, though not the only method).