Electoral Vote
Tally Center
WA
11
MT
3
VT
3
ND
3
OR
7
ME
4
MI
10
ID
4
WI
10
SD
3
WY
3
MI
17
CA
55
AZ
10
CO
9
IL
21
KS
6
OK
7
NM
5
TX
34
AK
3
MO
11
CT
7
OH
20
IN
11
WV
5
VA
13
KY
8
NC
15
TN
11
AR
6
LA
9
AL
9
NJ
15
DE
3
MD
10
DC
3
SC
8
MS
6
NH
4
MA
12
RI
4
PA
21
IA
7
NE
5
NV
5
UT
5
NY
31
GA
15
FL
27
HI
4
Total
Quotes, quips and other memorables
Total
Cocktail Trivia
• Maine and Nebraska are the only two states
to split their electoral votes.
• The names Nixon, Dole and Bush have been
at the top of the Republican Party ticket in
13 out of the last 14 elections.
• George Washington had to borrow money
to take the train to New York for his inauguration in 1789.
• Andrew Jackson was shot at least twice as
a result of dueling.
• Lyndon Johnson once resorted to kicking
other politicians in the shins to motivate
them.
• The House has twice decided the presidential election because no candidate
received a majority in the Electoral College
(1801 and 1825).
• Four presidents have won the presidency
while losing the popular vote: John Quincy
Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876),
Benjamin Harrison (1888) and George W.
Bush (2000).