What is the concept of "electoral votes" in the American political system?

The process is like this, each state is allocated a certain number of electoral votes based on the number of people, during the election, the voters of each state to vote for the electors, if anyone can get a majority of support, then the elector won the election of the state, to get all the votes, for example, in a state is 10 votes, the elector won all the 10 votes, instead of this person 8 votes, another person 2 votes.

The total number of "electoral votes" in the United States*** is 538, which is the total number of Senators (100), Representatives (435), and Washington, D.C. Representatives (3)[2]. Senators are apportioned by state, with two from each of the 50 states; Representatives are elected by population, with one elected by about 500,000+ people. For example, New York State, with a population of about 16+ million, has 31 Representatives, plus 2 Senators, for a total **** of 33 electoral votes.

The number of electoral votes in each state

According to the electoral vote system, any presidential candidate who wins a majority of the state's first-past-the-post votes wins all of the state's electoral votes, which is known as "winner-take-all". A candidate who wins more than half (270) of the 538 electoral votes in each state is elected president.