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The electoral college is actually quite simplistic.

For 48 states and DC, if you win the popular vote of that state you carry all the electoral votes.

Each states gets one electoral vote per congressman and one per senator.

For Maine and Nebraska, the electoral votes that represent the senators are the popular vote of the state, and the popular vote of each congressional district carries that electoral vote.

In order to be elected president you need to have 50%+1 of the votes of the electoral college. If no one has 50%+1 of the votes of the electoral college then the top three vote getters are on a ballot which is voted on by the House of Representatives.

Everyone goes on about how complicated it is. It really isn't.