Nationally, there are 538 electors, meaning candidates who win a majority of state electors (270) win the election ... who comes in second in the popular vote but first in the Electoral College tally, ...

Trump needed to win 270 electoral votes in order to set him on the official path to be sworn into the Oval Office, which he did Tuesday afternoon, according to CNN and The Washington Post.

Trump needed to win 270 electoral votes in order to set him on the official path to be sworn into the Oval Office, which he did Tuesday afternoon, according to CNN and The Washington Post. In the ...