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Texas casts its electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College on a winner-take-all basis. The winner of the presidential election on Election Day in Texas gets all of Texas' electoral votes.
Texas has 34 of the 538 Electoral Votes in the Electoral College.
Popular votes
Electoral votes are calculated based on the number of senators and representatives each state has. Each state has a total number of electoral votes equal to the sum of its senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress. The candidate who wins the popular vote in a state typically receives all of that state's electoral votes. The candidate who reaches at least 270 out of 538 total electoral votes wins the presidential election.
Texas cast its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.
The popular vote in the state of Texas was 57.2%, winning it's 38 electoral votes.
Texas has 38 votes in 2012,2016 and 2020.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 36 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas. Therefore, Texas has 38 electoral votes in 2016.
1988: George H. W. Bush wins 29 electoral votes from Texas.1992: George H. W. Bush wins 32 electoral votes from Texas.2000: George W. Bush wins 32 electoral votes from Texas.2004: George W. Bush wins 34 electoral votes from Texas.
Texas had 34 electoral votes in the 2004 election, which went to George W. Bush, Republican.
No, Texas has the second most electoral votes, second to California.
Bell got 39 electoral votes and 590,901 popular votes. Douglas got 12 electoral votes and 1,004,823 popular votes.