The political process in the US used to be based on a simple majority (when the country's population was much smaller), but is now based on an electoral college. Each state, depending on its population, has a specific number of "electors'; for instance, California, having a high population, has 55 electors where Alaska, having a lower population has only 3 electors (each state starts with a minimum of 3 electors, and is given more based on its overall population according to the census).
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