Electoral College pledges Ohio's votes for Trump in Columbus Ohio again has gone for President Donald Trump, with all of the Buckeye State's Electoral College votes moving to the losing side of the national ledger for the first time since 1960. But it was former Vice President Joe Biden, now the president-elect, who was set to cross the 270-vote threshold needed to become the next president after winning several key states. The Electoral College took on a different look in the Ohio Senate chambers this year as the state continued to report thousands of new daily cases of COVID-19. While officials gathered in small clusters to fist-bump or take selfies before it began, they spread out during the meeting.