How President Is Chosen

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31830, 7 November 1968, Page 11

How President Is Chosen

(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) NEW YORK, November 5.

The United States President and VicePresident are chosen by an Electoral College, whose members are chosen by popular vote.

There is no direct popular vote for President or Vice-

President. Each State has members of the Electoral College in rough proportion to its population—this gives the biggest State, New York, 43 Electoral College votes.

A State's Electoral vote goes in a bloc to the candidate winning a plurality of its popular vote. The Federal District of Columbia, which incorporates the national capital of Washington, has three electoral votes..

This year’s Electoral College has 538 members, and a candidate needs a total of 270 to win the Presidency. Should no candidate receive this total, the new House of Representatives chooses the President and the Senate chooses the Vice-President. The States and their Electoral College votes are:

Mr Nixon carried Kentucky, Tennessee, Vermont, Indiana, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Hampshire, Kansas, Nebraska, Delaware, Virginia, Idaho, South Carolina, lowa, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Montana, New Mexico, New Jersey, Nevada, North Carolina, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Florida and California.

Mr Humphrey carried the District of Columbia, Connecticut, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New York, Texas, Hawaii, Michigan, Rhode Island and Washington. Mr Wallace carried Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana and Arkansas.

ALABAMA .. 10 ALASKA 3 ARIZONA .. 5 ARKANSAS . . 6 CALIFORNIA 40 COLORADO 6 CONNECTICUT .. 8 DELAWARE 3 FLORIDA .. 14 GEORGIA .. 12 HAWAII 4 IDAHO 4 ILLINOIS 26 INDIANA 13 IOWA 9 KANSAS 7 KENTUCKY 9 LOUISIANA 10 MAINE 4 MARYLAND 10 MASSACHUSETTS 14 MICHIGAN 21 MINNESOTA 10 MISSISSIPPI 7 MISSOURI 12 MONTANA 4 NEBRASKA 5 NEVADA 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4 NEW JERSEY17 NEW MEXICO 4 NEW YORK 43 NORTH CAROLINA 13 NORTH DAKOTA .. 4 OHIO 26 OKLAHOMA 8 OREGON 6 PENNSYLVANIA .. 29 RHODE ISLAND .. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA 8 SOUTH DAKOTA .. 4 TENNESSEE 11 TEXAS 25 UTAH 4 VERMONT' 3 VIRGINIA 12 WASHINGTON 9 WEST VIRGINIA .. 7 WISCONSIN 12 WYOMING 3 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA . . 3