Any review of the various 2020 Electoral College combinations should begin with Florida, a state key to all presidential fortunes since the 2000 presidential election.

The Electoral College was never intended to be the “perfect” system for picking the president, says George Edwards III, emeritus political science professor at Texas A&M University. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, and an absolute majority of at least 270 electoral votes is required to win the election. It causes the elections to focus on swing states such as Florida and Ohio. It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. The Electoral College system was established in Article II of the Constitution and was amended by the 12th Amendment in 1804. The Electoral College, According to a Math Teacher Ben Orlin Math March 22, 2019 March 22, 2019 5 Minutes With several prominent politicians calling for its elimination, the …

When you vote for a presidential candidate, you are in fact voting to instruct the electors from your state to cast their votes for the same candidate. Some votes count more than others. Interesting Facts about the Electoral College. According to Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the Constitution, each state legislature determines the manner by which its state's electors are chosen. There are 538 total electors. Click states on this interactive map to create your own 2020 election forecast. If Trump were to win Florida again, Democrats would need to recapture three Midwestern states in the Rust Belt — or find substitutes — to win the presidency. Create a specific match-up by clicking the party and/or names near the electoral vote counter. In 2012 there were less than 200,000 people per electoral vote in Wyoming, but more than 700,000 people per electoral vote in Texas.