Yes, the citizen election and the electoral votes election are connected. In the United States, citizens directly vote for the candidates of their choice in what is known as the citizen election. However, the final outcome of the presidential election is determined by the electoral votes a candidate receives, which are allocated based on the results of the citizen election in each state.
electoral vote is the population of the state and and the amount of citizen that live state and popular votes is the amount of citizen that vote for a presidential election
South Dakota had 3 electoral votes for the 2008 election.
It had 27 electoral votes.
The president received no electoral votes from Southern states in the election.
Massachusetts cast its 12 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
In the 2008 election, Barrack Obama received 365 electoral votes. In the 2012 election, he received 332 electoral votes.
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Virginia has 13 electoral votes.
There were 538 electoral votes in the 2012 US presidential election.
Andrew Jackson, with 99 electoral votes.
In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1936 election Franklin D. Roosevelt received 523 (98.49%) of the 531 electoral votes. In the 1972 election Richard Nixon received 520 (96.65%) of the 538 electoral votes. In the 1820 election James Monroe received 231 (99.57%) of the 232 electoral votes. In the 1789 and 1792 elections George Washington received 100% of the electoral votes.
Hilary Clinton did not receive electoral votes from Georgia in the 2016 election. Georgia cast its 16 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.