How many electoral votes to have a US president?

The maximum

number of electoral votes that a presidential candidate could

receive is 538. Each state has electoral votes equal to the total

of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the

number of representative the state has in the House of

Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least

one representative to the House, every state has at least 3

electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes.

Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100

(senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC).