Do all the votes in a precinct go to the majority candidate (eg winner take all) and then the tallies added up by precinct? Or do they take the simple majority in the state?


The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators:


As the US Senate website explains:

The Seventeenth Amendment restates the first paragraph of Article I, section 3 of the Constitution and provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase "chosen by the Legislature thereof" with "elected by the people thereof."

The candidate that receives the most votes in the state will win the Senate election.

  • Yep. It is this amendment that tilted the balance of power between the States and Federal Government to the Federal Government. – EvilTeach Dec 26 '17 at 15:46

It is a statewide tally of popular votes where the candidate with the plurality or majority of votes wins.

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