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Can the number of electoral votes change from one election to the next?
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Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is fixed at 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). The number of electoral votes for individual states may increase or decrease each 10 years based on the results of the updated census results.
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In the Election of 1824 who had the highest number of electoral votes?
Andrew Jackson, with 99 electoral votes.
Which state get the large number of electoral vote?
In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.
What was the number of votes did president William McKinley get?
In the election of 1896, McKinley had 271 electoral votes. In the election of 1900, he had 292 votes.
Is the number of electoral votes changing for Maryland?
Maryland continues to have 10 electoral votes, which is what it had in the 2008 presidential election and again in 2012.
How many total number of electoral votes are there in the presidential election?
538
Number of votes in the electoral collage?
There are 538 votes in the electoral college. The candidate who wins a simple majority of 270 votes wins the election.
How many electoral votes did South Dakota have for the 2008 election?
South Dakota had 3 electoral votes for the 2008 election.
What is the number of electoral votes needed be elected president?
270 is the number needed for election.
How many electoral votes did Florida have in the 2009 election?
It had 27 electoral votes.
How many electoral college votes does the state of Illinois receive each election?
In the 2012 presidential election, Illinois had 20 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes does Virgina have?
VA has 13 electoral votes. The 2010 census did not change that number.
What is the total number of electoral votes Barack Obama received?
In the 2008 election, he received 365 electoral votes. In the 2012 election, he received 332. Mr. Obama won both elections.
