Understanding US electoral Map

States with 3 electoral votes

1. Alaska

2. Delaware

3. District of Columbia

4. Montana

5. North Dakota

6. South Dakota

7. Vermont

8. Wyoming

States with 4 electoral votes

9.   Hawaii

10. Idaho

11. Maine

12. New Hampshire

13. Rhode Island

States with 5 electoral votes

14. Nebraska

15. New Mexico

16. West Virginia

States with 6 electoral votes

17. Arkansas

18. Iowa

19. Kansas

20. Mississippi

21. Nevada

22. Utah

States with 7 electoral votes

23. Connecticut

24 Oklahoma

25 Oregon

States with 8 electoral votes

26 Kentucky

27 Louisiana

States with 9 electoral votes

28 Alabama

29 Colarado

30 South Carolina

States with 10 electoral votes

31 Missouri

32 Minnesota

33 Maryland

34 Wisconsin

States with 11 electoral votes

35 Arizona

36 Insiana

37 Massachusetts

38 Tennessee

States with 12 electoral votes

39 Washington

States with 13 electoral votes

40 Virginia

States with 14 electoral votes

41 New Jersey

States with 15 electoral votes

42 North Carolina

States with 16 electoral votes

43 Georgia

44 Michigan

States with 18 electoral votes

45 Ohio

States with 20 electoral votes

46 Pennsylvania

47 Illinois

States with 29 electoral votes

48 Florida

49 New York

States with 38 electoral votes

50 Texas

States with 55 electoral votes

51 California

If you add up every of the electoral votes,

the total will come to 522. 

So if any presidential candidate wins the total vote in each of these respective States, such candidate goes with the allocated electoral votes for that State won.

The parties that gets up to 270 electoral votes becomes the President. That is why a Democrat Party can have a total of 70MM votes, while the Republican has 67MM votes and would still win the seat of the Presidency.

Amongst few other considerations, States are essentially allocated electoral votes, based on their contribution to the economy of the Nation. Begining from Alaska and seven other Nations, who are allocated 3 electoral votes, and it continues up until the biggest and largest State, California which is allocated 55 electoral votes. 

We need such chochoristic arrangement in Nigeria. Because our current arrangement is not balance! The electoral votes concept, will make our election meaningful and we wouldn't have to depend on the stronghold of any region, other than how much it truly contributes to d welfare of our nation.