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In December all electors meet and elect a president. Most of the time they vote for the  candidatechanceconcentratedirectlyfewpopulationrepresentvotes who has won in their state. The candidate who has 270 or more electoral  candidatechanceconcentratedirectlyfewpopulationrepresentvotes becomes President .

Candidates often  candidatechanceconcentratedirectlyfewpopulationrepresentvotes on the big states with lots of electors. They know that if they win in states like California, New York or Texas they have a good  candidatechanceconcentratedirectlyfewpopulationrepresentvotes of becoming President.