The founders created the electoral college to prevent voting from being a percentage game. Each state has a number of electoral college votes.  Whomever wins the popular vote in that state is supposed to win all of the electoral college votes.  There are specific individual representatives who actually place electoral college votes, and there have been times where they cast votes that do not align with their state's popular vote. Here's a map showing how many votes each state has in the electoral college. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/2020_elections_electoral_college_map.html#! You need to win at least 270 votes in the electoral college to win the presidency.