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Each of the 50 states, plus Washington DC, holds presidential elections tomorrow, each independent of the others.
Each state is worth an amount of "electoral college votes" — effectively points — relative to the state's population.
California, the most populous US state, has 54 electoral college votes representing its 39 million citizens.
Wyoming, the smallest US state, has three electoral college votes representing its 600,000 citizens.
There are 538 "points" in total. To become president, a candidate must reach 270 (more than half). It doesn't matter what combination of states gets them there, but some paths are easier than others.
In most states—all but Nebraska and Maine—the winning candidate in a state receives all available electoral votes.
So if Donald Trump were to win Florida by a single vote, he would get all 30 of their electoral college votes, the same as if he got 100% of the popular vote there.
In Nebraska, two votes are split between whoever wins the state at large and a candidate who wins three Nebraska districts — making five in total.
It's the same in Maine, but there are only four electoral college votes there, so his other votes are split into two districts rather than three.
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