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They can be from the same state, but only one of them can win the electoral votes from that state, so in practice it never happens that two people from the same state are nominated.

What would then look like, if the P. and V.P. both came from the same state? How would, e.g., the SINGLE Electoral vote of Wyoming be "split?" How would that then affect the final total?

538 Electoral votes - 270 to win. WY gives it single vote to Trump (assuming he was an inhabitant of WY) - but not to Pence. How would that then tally?

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Well, in 2000, when GW Bush and Cheney were both residents of Texas, the Texas electors should not have been able to vote for both men.

As it happened, Cheney claimed to be a resident of Wyoming and it was not seriously challenged.

What would then look like, if the P. and V.P. both came from the same state? How would, e.g., the Electoral vote of Wyoming be "split?" How would that then affect the final total?

It's not clear, but I'm going to assume that the Trump/Pence electors would be the ones chosen and that they could vote Trump for president but had to give their votes for vice president to another Republican.

If it was a close election and hinged on that state's vote, Trump would become president and the VP choice would be thrown into the Senate. This would be the pre-election Senate (unless there was major chaos and things dragged on until January when the new Congress was sworn in). But again, it's been a long time since I took civics so I could be wrong.

Interesting that you mentioned Wyoming. In 2000, both Bush and Cheney were living in Texas, but Cheney was from Wyoming and still had a place there, so they could run together without any of this chaos happening.