The state with the largest number of Electoral College votes is California, which has 54 votes. The second largest is Texas, ...

States that have a history of flipping red or blue depending on an election are considered battleground or swing states.

Both Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two ...

(Map last updated: January 31, 2012) Safe/likely Democratic states (total electoral votes: 196) Safe/likely Republican states (total electoral votes: 159) ...