How many electoral votes will Donald Trump (R) win in the 2016 US presidential election?
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On November 8th, 2016 the next president will be elected in the USA. The new president and his/her VP will be elected by a electoral college, which consists of 538 presidential electors from the fifty states and Washington, D.C. These presidential electors are selected on a state-by-state basis, as determined by the laws of each state, mostly on a winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on election day.