AMERICAN SYSTEM
-ELECTORAL COLLEGE DISTRIBUTION OF STATE VOTES The following table shows the distribution of State votes in the Electoral College. The election is determined by these votes, which are cast by each State for the candidate receiving the Majority Vote in the State. Alabama 12 Nevada '-. 3 Arizona -. 3 New Hampshire 4 Arkansas - 9 New Jersey ... 14 California ...,. 33 New Mexico .. 3 Colorado ...... 6 New York .... 45 Connecticut .. 7 North Carolina 12 Delaware" v.. i' 3 North Dakota 5 Florida 6 Ohio 24 . Georgia 14 Oklahoma 10 Idaho .... 4 Oregon 5 Illinois 29 Pennsylvania .38 Indiana ...... 15, Rhode Island . 5 lowa .13 South, Carolina 9 Kansas ... <... 10 South Dakota 5 Kentucky ..... 13 Tennessee .... 12 . Louisiana ".i. ilO Texas 20 Maine . 6 Utah 4 Marvland ..... 8 Vermont 4 - Massachusetts 18 Virginia 12 Michigan 13. Washington ... 7 Minnesota .... 12 West Virginia 8 Mississippi .... 10 ' Wisconsin 13 Missouri ....... 18 Wyoming 3 Montana .....; 4 ~— Nebraska ..... 8 531 In 1936, President Roosevelt ' received 523 electoral votes and his opponent, Mr Alfred M. Landon, 8.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24449, 7 November 1940, Page 9
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