People in every state across the country vote for one president and one vice president. When people cast their vote, they are actually voting for a group of people known as electors. In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors based on its total number of representatives in Congress.

Analysis. Obama won the state and its 29 electoral votes on Election Day by a margin of 0.88%, down from the 2.82% margin in 2008.

Florida has 29 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Trump carried the state with a plurality of 49.0% of the popular vote, which included a 1.2% winning margin over Clinton, who had 47.8% of the vote.

Romney won Georgia by a 7.82% margin, an improvement from 2008 when John McCain won by 5.2%. Romney received 53.30% of the vote to Obama’s 45.48%.

In most cases, a projected winner is announced on election night in November after you vote. But the actual Electoral College vote takes place in mid-December when the electors meet in their states. See the Electoral College timeline of events for the 2020 election.

* Madison received only 7 of Kentucky’s 8 electoral votes in the 1808 election. † Madison received only 13 of New York’s 19 electoral votes in the 1808 election. ‡ Madison received only 11 of North Carolina’s 14 electoral votes in the 1808 election. * Madison received only 7 of Kentucky’s 8 electoral votes in the 1808 election.

* Washington received only 3 of Vermont’s 4 electoral votes in the 1792 election. † Adams received only 1 of North Carolina’s 12 electoral votes in the 1796 election. ‡ Washington only received 8 of Maryland’s 10 electoral votes in the 1792 election. In 1796, Adams received 7 of 10.