Electoral College System?
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Generally, I know that if you win the majority of the votes in a state, you win all the electoral votes of that state.
Yet, there are instances (e.g. 2016 Election) where you don't win all the electoral votes of that state.
In what scenario can this happen?
Also, in the state of Maine, did Trump win 2 electoral votes or not?
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Like most things in the US, each state can decide what/how it wants to do things.
The Electorial College is based on the House of Representitives districts.
Some states have an "all or nothing" system where the person who gets the majority of the vote wins all of the EC votes for that state.
Some states have a disctric by district EC system.
Most states legally require the EC member to vote the way their district voted in district by disctrict systems, while a minority of states allow EC members to vote however they want. In 2000, about 6 EC members voted the opposite way their district did, supposedly as a protest.
