Obama won the State of Illinois and all 21 of it Electoral votes. in 2008.
California Texas New York Florida Illinois and Pennsylvania all have 21 or more electoral votes.
John McCain received 2,031,527 votes, losing to Barack Obama's 3,419,673 votes. Obama received all 21 of Illinois' electoral votes.
Barack Obama won all 21 of his home state's electoral votes, with 3,419,673 votes to McCain's 2,031,527 votes.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its and number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 18 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Therefore, Illinois has 20 electoral votes.
Barack Obama received 3,419,673 votes to McCain's 2,031,527 votes, winning all 21 of his home state's electoral votes.Illinois currently has 21 electoral votes but could possibly lose one after the 2010 census.
Barack Obama won all 21 of his home state's electoral votes, with 3,419,673 votes to McCain's 2,031,527 votes.Illinois currently now has 20 electoral votes as of the 2010 census.
No city in Pennsylvania gets electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes. Pennsylvania casts all of its electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College on a winner-take-all basis. The winner of the popular election in Pennsylvania gets all of Pennsylvania's electoral votes.
Delaware has had 3 electoral votes in all but 2 elections, 1812 and 1820, in which they had 4 electoral votes.
Barack Obama received all 27 electoral votes from Florida.
Pennsylvania casts its electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College on a winner-take-all basis. The winner of the popular election in Pennsylvania gets all of Pennsylvania's electoral votes.
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, the Twelfth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that the U.S. House of Representatives will select the president, with each of the fifty state delegations casting one vote, and the U.S. Senate will select the vice-president.