With the state's five electoral votes in play, nothing was being left to chance.
That state's 25 electoral votes would make him the next president.
California has 45 electoral votes, the most of any state.
But then something else is added: an electoral vote for each senator.
California has 54 of the 538 electoral votes for President.
He also needs Florida's electoral votes for himself in 1996.
A total of 270 electoral votes is needed to win.
He received one electoral vote for vice president in the general election.
For the last eight years, all 11 states, with 27 percent of the nation's electoral votes, went Republican.
The following is a list of electoral votes by state.
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