On A Two Party Vote

Or why the electorial college is a Very Bad Ideatm.

State Electoral College Votes Approx. Voting Population Voting Population per Electoral College Vote Votes To Win The State Required
Wyoming3440,714146,905220,358*
Vermont3486,370162,123243,186*
Alaska3555,100185,033277,551*
North Dakota3597,426199,142298,714*
Rhode Island4834,231208,558417,116*
Montana4852,925213,231426,463*
South Dakota3693,502231,167346,752*
Delaware3788,938262,979394,470*
Maine41,053,759263,440526,880*
New Hampshire41,056,774264,194528,388*
Hawaii41,084,610271,153542,306*
Nebraska51,504,099300,820752,050*
New Mexico51,597,692319,538798,847*
West Virginia41,327,484331,871663,743*
Mississippi62,207,284367,8811,103,643*
Kansas62,227,955371,3261,113,978*
Idaho41,501,214375,304750,608*
Arkansas62,316,266386,0441,158,134*
Connecticut72,756,302393,7571,378,152*
Oregon83,204,278400,5351,602,140*
Iowa62,431,116405,1861,215,559*
Nevada62,450,600408,4331,225,301*
Alabama93,868,274429,8081,934,138*
Kentucky83,441,279430,1601,720,640*
Louisiana83,448,305431,0381,724,153*
Minnesota104,344,863434,4862,172,432*
Utah62,627,710437,9521,313,856*
Oklahoma73,071,545438,7921,535,773*
Colorado104,468,120446,8122,234,061*
Wisconsin104,470,731447,0732,235,366*
South Carolina94,109,123456,5692,054,562*
Missouri104,684,100468,4102,342,051*
Maryland104,697,415469,7422,348,708*
Indiana115,193,206472,1102,596,604*
Massachusetts115,352,128486,5572,676,065*
Tennessee115,420,813492,8012,710,407*
Washington125,968,635497,3862,984,318*
Illinois199,532,619501,7174,766,310*
Michigan157,605,344507,0233,802,673*
Virginia136,608,396508,3383,304,199
New Jersey147,125,638508,9743,562,820
Pennsylvania199,809,063516,2664,904,532
Arizona115,686,788516,9812,843,395
North Carolina168,284,518517,7824,142,260
Georgia168,385,659524,1044,192,830
Ohio178,912,478524,2634,456,240
New York2814,900,436532,1587,450,219
California5429,573,447547,65614,786,724
Florida3017,529,161584,3058,764,581
Texas4023,468,123586,70311,734,062

* By winning these states a president can be elected with 57,136,456 of 254,556,556 or 22.0% of the primary vote.

Population was last checked on 10-04-2026