The Electoral College, consisting of 538 total votes, requires a candidate to secure 270 votes for election, leading to potential mismatches between popular and electoral outcomes.
Each state except Maine and Nebraska allocates all its electoral votes to the candidate receiving the most votes, illustrating the winner-takes-all nature of most states' electoral systems.
Despite winning the eponymous popular vote, a candidate can lose the presidential election due to the Electoral College, as Trump did in 2016 against Clinton.
Voting in the U.S. is fundamentally decentralized, with each state administering its own elections, resulting in 51 separate elections influenced by local rules and procedures.
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