Electoral College members from Louisiana, 2024
Date: November 5, 2024  |
 Kamala Harris (D) Donald Trump (R) (won) Jill Stein (G) Chase Oliver (L) |
2028 • 2024 • 2020 • 2016 |
The Electoral College is the process by which the states and District of Columbia elect the president of the United States. Each state is represented by a number of electors equal to the size of its congressional delegation. There are 538 electors in total. To win the Electoral College, a candidate must receive a majority—at least 270—electoral votes.[1]
The Electoral College met on December 17, 2024, to cast their votes for president and vice president of the United States. The final tally was 312 votes for former President Donald Trump (R) and U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R) and 226 votes for Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and Gov. Tim Walz (D).
Although there is no constitutional provision or federal law requiring electors to vote in accordance with the election results in their state, electors typically vote for their state's popular vote winner. Some states have provisions permitting the disqualification and replacement of an elector whose vote deviates from the state's popular vote. There were no faithless electors in 2024.[2][3]
Thirteen states gained or lost electoral votes following the 2020 Census:[4]
- Texas gained two votes.
- Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon each gained one.
- California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia each lost one.
Although there is no constitutional provision or federal law requiring electors to vote in accordance with the election results in their state, electors typically vote for their state's popular vote winner. Some states have provisions permitting the disqualification and replacement of an elector whose vote deviates from the state's popular vote. There were no faithless electors in 2020.[5]
Electors from Louisiana
Electors pledged to former President Donald Trump (R) and U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R):[6]
- Christian Gil
- Randolph August Bazet, III
- Raymond M. Griffin, Jr.
- Lloyd A. Harsch
- Luke Anthony Dupre
- Matthew Kay
- Phillipp Jeffrey Bedwell
- Carl W. Benedict
Electors by state
Click on a state below to navigate to information about members of the Electoral College from that jurisdiction.
Related topics
- History of the Electoral College
- Selecting elector candidates
- Arguments in favor of the Electoral College
- Arguments against the Electoral College
See also
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Presidential election, 2024
- Presidential battleground states, 2024
- Splits between the Electoral College and popular vote
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
- Republican presidential nomination, 2024
- Pivot Counties
- Pivot Counties: How Obama-Obama-Trump counties voted in presidential elections since 1992
Footnotes
- ↑ National Archives, "Electoral College," accessed September 3, 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCNN - ↑ National Archives, "Electors," accessed December 18, 2024
- ↑ 270 to Win, "Census Apportionment Results Released; 13 States See a Change in Congressional Seats," April 26, 2021
- ↑ National Archives, "Electors," accessed September 3, 2020
- ↑ National Archives, "Louisiana Certificate of Ascertainment 2024," accessed December 12, 2024
