Fill in the Blanks Electoral CollegeOnline version Electoral college paragraphs by Michael Loret 1 electors CongressionalDelegation state 270 538 DonaldTrump President electoral 2016 state President ElectoralCollege The Electoral College decides who will be and Vice President . Each has a certain number of electoral votes . These votes are determined by a state's . When a candidate wins the popular vote , he / she wins that state's . Voting is done by . There are total electoral votes . The first person to win a majority of 538 , , becomes President and Vice . It is possible for a candidate to win the popular vote but lose the college . This happened to Hillary Clinton in when she defeated by almost 3 million popular votes but lost the .