The one with the highest number of votes in a particular state wins all the electors from that state. The number of electors for a state is equal to the number of congress creatures (critters is too cute) that state has. Win the most votes in California and you get 54 electors. Win the most in Vermont and you only get 3 (the minimum any state can have). It is the number of electors you get that matter, not the total number of votes (except to win a state). The founders set it up this way so that heavily populated states don't completely dominate more rural states.
The one with the highest number of votes in a particular state wins all the electors from that state. The number of electors for a state is equal to the number of congress creatures (critters is too cute) that state has. Win the most votes in California and you get 54 electors. Win the most in Vermont and you only get 3 (the minimum any state can have). It is the number of electors you get that matter, not the total number of votes (except to win a state). The founders set it up this way so that heavily populated states don't completely dominate more rural states.
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