Did you know these voting facts?

Did you know why the the voting age changed from 21?

The voting age was changed back in the '70s because of the draft. The minimum age for the draft was 18, and people thought that if you are old enough to be sent into combat, you should have a say in what goes on within the government.
The minimum voting age in the US in 2007 is 18.

Did you know How many electoral votes does United States have?

There are 538 one allocated for each Senate and House member and executed by the state or district.

Did you know how the Electorial Votes are determined for each state?

Each state has a number of electoral votes (electors) equal to the number of Senators and Representatives that particular state is entitled to have in Congress. If a state is entitled to have 10 Representatives and 2 Senators, it gets 12 electoral votes.

Did you know what the top 10 states that gets the most Electorial Votes?

They are as listed...

1. California 55
3. Texas 34
2. New York 31
4. Florida 27
5. Pennsylvania 21
6. Illinois 21
7. Ohio 20
8. Michigan 17
9. Georgia 15
9. New Jersey 15
9. North Carolina 15

Did you know that how many states that get fewest electoral votes?

The following 8 states have the fewest electoral votes each: (3)

Alaska
Deleware
Washington DC
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

Did you know how many times a president was elected who did not win the popular vote?

It has happened four times in history.
The 2000 election was the most recent when the candidate who received the greatest number of electoral votes, and thus won the presidency, didn't win the popular vote. But this scenario has played out in our nation's history before.

In 1824, John Quincy Adams was elected president despite not winning either the popular vote or the electoral vote. Andrew Jackson was the winner in both categories. Jackson received 38,000 more popular votes than Adams, and beat him in the electoral vote 99 to 84. Despite his victories, Jackson didn't reach the majority 131 votes needed in the Electoral College to be declared president. In fact, neither candidate did. The decision went to the House of Representatives, which voted Adams into the White House.

In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes won the election (by a margin of one electoral vote), but he lost the popular vote by more than 250,000 ballots to Samuel J. Tilden.

In 1888, Benjamin Harrison received 233 electoral votes to Grover Cleveland's 168, winning the presidency. But Harrison lost the popular vote by more than 90,000 votes.

In 2000, George W. Bush was declared the winner of the general election and became the 43rd president, but he didn't win the popular vote either. Al Gore holds that distinction, garnering about 540,000 more votes than Bush. However, Bush won the electoral vote, 271 to 266.