Year of entry into union: 1850
Capital: Sacramento
Total electors: Fifty-five.
In 2016, all of them voted for Hillary Clinton for president and Tim Kaine for vice-president.
How California votes: Blue. California has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee each year since 1992.
Demographic breakdown: 59.5 percent White, 14.7 percent Asian-American-American, 5.8 percent African-American
Fun fact: Being the biggest state by population, California is allotted the most electoral votes for any state at 55. This year, all 55 electoral votes are expected to go towards the Democratic nominees for president and vice-president (the latter, Kamala Harris, is an incumbent US Senator from California).
Follow all the latest news from US Election 2020 here
Brush up on how the US elects its president and vice-president here
Read profiles of other US states here
from Firstpost World Latest News https://ift.tt/3oyLr7g
No comments:
Post a Comment