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Connecticut appoints seven electors for each of the presidential elections of 2004 through 2020.
Nebraska appoints five electors for each of the presidential/ vice presidential elections of 1964 through 2020.
Nevada appoints six electors in each of the Presidential/ Vice Presidential elections from 2012 through 2020.
Each state appoints or elects electors who then vote for the candidate they are sworn to vote for.
13,561,900 votes were cast in the 2008 presidential election in California, translating into 55 electoral college votes.
No. Each state appoints persons to act as electors under state law.
The electoral college consists of 538 electors, 435 for the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, 100 for the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, and 3 that D.C. is allowed to appoint according to the 23rd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Each of the 50 states appoints a number of electors equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives to which it is entitled in the U.S. Congress, and D.C. appoints the number of electors that it would if it were a state, but never more than the number of electors of the least populous state.
Electors of the Electoral College in the United States are chosen by the respective political parties. The actual process varies from state to state.
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"Presidential electors are selected on a state-by-state basis, as determined by the laws of each state. Generally (with Maine and Nebraska being the exceptions), each state appoints its electors on a winner-take-all basis, based on the statewide popular vote on Election Day." See below link for further information:
Mississippi appoints six electors in each pres. election from 2004 through 2020 because its total representation in both houses of Congress is six.
Tennessee appoints its electors on a winner-take-all basis based on the statewide popular vote results in Tennessee on Election Day.