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"I Voted" sticker from California's 2020 election. As the most populous state, California has the most electoral college votes at 54. Photo courtesy of @californiasos_ on Instagram<\/p>\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-1024x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-1024x1024.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/digitaljournalism.uconn.edu\/balance-of-power\/files\/2025\/12\/EXEC-FIRST3-California_Digital_I_Voted_Sticker_2020.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">
\u201cI Vot\u00aded\u201d stick\u00ader from Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adni\u00ada\u2019s 2020 elec\u00adtion. As the most pop\u00adu\u00adlous state, Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia has the most elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege votes at 54. Pho\u00adto cour\u00adtesy of @californiasos_ on Insta\u00adgram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Arti\u00adcle 2, Sec\u00adtion 1 sets up the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege \u2014 the process that actu\u00adal\u00adly elects the pres\u00adi\u00addent, not the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 538 elec\u00adtors in the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege. Every state has a dif\u00adfer\u00adent num\u00adber of elec\u00adtors, equal to the state\u2019s num\u00adber of sen\u00ada\u00adtors and rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives. Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut has two sen\u00ada\u00adtors, like every oth\u00ader state, and five rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives for sev\u00aden elec\u00adtoral votes. Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia, the most pop\u00adu\u00adlous state, has 54 votes, while Alas\u00adka, Delaware, North Dako\u00adta, South Dako\u00adta, Ver\u00admont, Wyoming and Wash\u00ading\u00adton, D.C. are tied for the least amount with just three elec\u00adtoral votes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A can\u00addi\u00addate needs 270 elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege votes to win. Because of this sys\u00adtem, the pres\u00adi\u00addent can win the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote, but still not win the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy. Rur\u00adal states, though they may have less say in the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote, are favored by the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege. Accord\u00ading to the Gilder Lehrman Insti\u00adtute of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan His\u00adto\u00adry, \u201cthe votes of even small minori\u00adties in a State may make the dif\u00adfer\u00adence between win\u00adning all of that State\u2019s elec\u00adtoral votes or none of that State\u2019s elec\u00adtoral votes,\u201d enhanc\u00ading the reach of small\u00ader states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald Trump won the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy, but not the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote. Trump received about 63 mil\u00adlion votes and 304 elec\u00adtoral votes, while Demo\u00adc\u00adrat Hillary Clin\u00adton won about 66 mil\u00adlion votes and 227 elec\u00adtoral votes. Clin\u00adton led in the big cities, but Trump won rur\u00adal states whose elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege votes amount\u00aded to more in the end.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have only been four oth\u00ader elec\u00adtions in which the win\u00adner of the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote didn\u2019t become pres\u00adi\u00addent. Andrew Jack\u00adson won a plu\u00adral\u00adi\u00adty of the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote and the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege vote in 1824, but not the required major\u00adi\u00adty, send\u00ading the elec\u00adtion to the House of Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives. The House vot\u00aded for John Adams, who sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly became pres\u00adi\u00addent. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote but failed to win the 270 votes need\u00aded to win the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege; the elec\u00adtion was sent to a com\u00admis\u00adsion of rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives who elect\u00aded Ruther\u00adford B. Hayes. In 1888, Grover Cleve\u00adland won the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote but Ben\u00adjamin Har\u00adri\u00adson won the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege. George W. Bush lost the pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote to Al Gore in 2000. The elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege vote came down to Flori\u00adda, where a con\u00adtentious recount was stopped by the Supreme Court, lead\u00ading to Bush\u2019s vic\u00adto\u00adry.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mem\u00adbers of Con\u00adgress were cer\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading the results of the 2020 elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege vote on Jan. 6, 2021 when Trump sup\u00adport\u00aders stormed the Capi\u00adtol to try and stop the cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and over\u00adturn the elec\u00adtion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Sen\u00adate \u2014 as estab\u00adlished in Arti\u00adcle 1, Sec\u00adtion 3 \u2014 the vice pres\u00adi\u00addent pre\u00adsides over this count, lead\u00ading Trump to call direct\u00adly on Vice Pres\u00adi\u00addent Mike Pence to change the vote. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd Mike Pence, I hope you\u2019re going to stand up for the good of our Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion and for the good of our coun\u00adtry,\u201d Trump said in his Jan. 6 speech. \u201cAnd if you\u2019re not, I\u2019m going to be very dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded in you.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arti\u00adcle 1, Sec\u00adtion 4 estab\u00adlish\u00ades that time, place and man\u00adner of elec\u00adtions are left up to the states, though Con\u00adgress can make laws over\u00adrid\u00ading state law if nec\u00ades\u00adsary.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a Truth Social post<\/a> on Aug. 30, 2025, Trump said he would sign an exec\u00adu\u00adtive order ban\u00adning mail-in bal\u00adlots and requir\u00ading vot\u00ader I.D. nation\u00adwide. The post said that mail-in bal\u00adlots should only be used \u201cFor Those That Are Very Ill, And The Far Away Mil\u00adi\u00adtary.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through exec\u00adu\u00adtive orders, Trump only has the author\u00adi\u00adty to direct the exec\u00adu\u00adtive branch, not states or Con\u00adgress. In an inter\u00adview with PBS News, Rick Hansen, a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of law and polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at UCLA said that for the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment to ban mail-in bal\u00adlots, Con\u00adgress would have to pass a law.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adt\u2019s job is to take care that the laws passed by Con\u00adgress are faith\u00adful\u00adly exe\u00adcut\u00aded,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, he\u2019s got a lot of pow\u00aders in terms of how the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment might inter\u00adact with states, but it\u2019s pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly states that are run\u00adning elec\u00adtions. And he has no direct author\u00adi\u00adty over how elec\u00adtions are going to be con\u00adduct\u00aded, whether it\u2019s for fed\u00ader\u00adal elec\u00adtions or for state and local elec\u00adtions.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite this, Trump signed an exec\u00adu\u00adtive order on March 25, 2025, that in-part directs the Elec\u00adtion Assis\u00adtance Com\u00admis\u00adsion to change the nation\u00adal mail vot\u00ader reg\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion form to require doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary proof of cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship. On Oct. 31, the D.C. Dis\u00adtrict Court ruled this uncon\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal and issued a per\u00adma\u00adnent injunc\u00adtion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014by Mikay\u00adla Bun\u00adnell, UConn Jour\u00adnal\u00adism<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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