Millions of votes across the states of the United States were counted in order to determine the next President of the country. After winning both the crucial Pennsylvania and North Carolina states, former President Donald Trump gained power over his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. The race between former Republican President Trump and Democratic Vice President Harris was locked in a tight race as the counting was nearing the end.
The fate of each candidate was to be decided on the outcome of securing the highest number of electoral college votes. There are a total 538 votes in the Electoral College in which the candidates need at least 270 to win the presidency.
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There are seven battleground states where voters are closely divided, of which Pennsylvania with 19 marks the highest number of Electoral College votes, which was believed to play a predominant role in deciding the upcoming president of the country.
What are Electoral Votes? What states have the most Electoral votes?
The total number of US senators and representatives determine the number of Electoral College votes each state gains. The candidate who gets the most number of individual votes in a state will get all the Electoral College votes of that particular state.
The most populous state of the country, California, which had 54 electoral votes, went to Kamala Harris. Next is Texas with 40 electoral votes, which went to Donald Trump, Florida with 30 electoral votes went to Trump again and Harris won in New York and gained 28 electoral votes. Illinois with 19 electoral votes again went to Harris. However, the rest of the states containing most electoral votes; Pennsylvania 19, Ohio 17, Georgia 16, North Carolina 16 all went to Trump.
Pennsylvania was considered to be one of the most vital states and Trump got the edge in the presidential race as he won Pennsylvania by 50.9% and got all the 19 Electoral College Votes, which eventually led to his win in the elections.
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