American Government — System of Government · Question 125 of 128
How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?
Practice answer: 270
Why this is the answer
A presidential candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. There are 538 electoral votes in all.
On the 2026 citizenship test, a USCIS officer asks up to 20 questions from the official 128-question pool — answering 12 correctly passes.
Study translations and question index
Practice index: 125. This is not the official 2025 syllabus question number. Translation indices share the same practice ID and answer-option order.
Español — practice:125:es
¿Cuántos votos electorales se necesitan para ganar la presidencia?
270
العربية — practice:125:ar
كم عدد الأصوات الانتخابية اللازمة للفوز بالرئاسة؟
270
Official syllabus and legal sources
M-1778 (09/25) — 2025 USCIS syllabus. Retrieved 2026-10-15. Check current USCIS answers.
- 8 U.S.C. § 1423 — English, history and civics requirements
- 8 C.F.R. § 312.2 — Knowledge of history and government
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