Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois have a total of 116 electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 36 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas. Therefore, Texas has 38 electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York. Therefore, New York has 29 electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida. Therefore, Florida has 29 electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 18 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Therefore, Illinois has 20 electoral votes.

The Twenty-third Amendment granted residents of the District of Columbia the ability to vote in presidential elections.

The 23rd amendment gave citizens in the District of Clumbia the right to vote.

In the 1860 US Presidential Election, Abraham Lincoln won 180 of a possible 303 electoral votes. He needed a simple majority, or 152 votes, to win the election. The candidate with the 2nd most electoral votes was John C. Breckinridge, who captured 72 electoral votes.

In the 1860 election, Lincoln's primary support base was the Northeast and the Midwest, which accounted for nearly all of his electoral votes. His competitor Breckinridge collected most of the Southern votes.

The 23rd Amendment, Ratified March 29,1961, allows United States citizens who live in the District of Columbia to vote for Electors for President and Vice President. Prior to this amendment, citizens who live in Washington, D.C. were unable to vote for the President or Vice President because D.C. is not a state. Washington D.C is restricted to the number of electors in the least populated state. They are still unable to elect voting representatives to congress.

Texas cast its 38 electoral votes for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. The 2016 presidential electors from Texas pledged to vote for Donald Trump for President and Mike Pence for Vice President were Candace Noble, At Large; Fred Farias, At Large; Marty Rhymes, CD1; Thomas Moon, CD2; Carol Sewell, CD3; John E. Harper, CD4; Sherrill Lenz, CD5; Nicholas Ciggelakis, CD6; Will Hickman, CD7; Landon Estay, CD8; Rex Lamb, CD9; Rosemary Edwards, CD10; Matt Stringer, CD11; Debra Coffey, CD12 (replaced Shellie Surles, ruled ineligible); Benona Love, CD13 (replaced Melissa Kalka, ruled ineligible); Sherry Clark, CD14 (replaced Kenneth Clark, ruled ineligible); Sandra Cararas, CD15; David Thackston, CD16; Robert Bruce, CD17; Margie Forster, CD18; Scott Mann, CD19; Marian K. Stanko, CD20; Curtis Nelson, CD21; Tina Gibson, CD22; Ken Muenzler, CD23; Alexander Kim, CD24; Virginia Abel, CD25; John Dillard, CD26; Tom Knight, CD27; Marian Knowlton, CD28; Rex Teter, CD29; Christopher Suprun, CD30 Jon Jewett, CD31; Susan Fischer, CD32; Lauren Byers, CD33; William "Bill" Greene, CD34; Mary Lou Erben, CD35; and Janis Holt, CD 36.

Florida had 3 electoral votes 1848-1860 & 1868; 4 electoral votes 1872-1900; 5 electoral votes 1904-1908; 56 electoral votes 1912-1928; 7 electoral votes 1932-1940; 8 electoral votes 1944-1948; 10 electoral votes 1952-1960; 14 electoral votes 1964-1968; 17 electoral votes 1972-1980; 21 electoral votes 1984-1988; 25 electoral votes 1992-2000; 27 electoral votes 2004-2008; and 29 electoral votes 2012-2016.

10 electoral votes - 1 for each district and 1 for each Senator

Maryland has ten electoral votes, but unfortunately little say in which candidate receives them. In 2007 the state of Maryland became the first state in the union to 'drop out' of the electoral college. All ten votes go to the candidate receiving the most popular vote in the union.

According to the US Electoral College Web site, Idaho has four electoral votes, and has had 4 since 1912. It had 3 electoral votes in the 5 elections before, starting with 1892 after Idaho's admission in 1890.

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 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana. Therefore, Indiana has 11 electoral votes.

The U.S. founding fathers instituted the Electoral College when they created the United States Constitution. The first U.S. presidential election was in 1789. George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. The election was conducted under the new United States Constitution, which had been ratified earlier in 1788. In the election, George Washington received all 69 electoral votes and was unanimously elected president.

States are given electoral votes equivalent to their populations. During the Presidential elections, the candidate with the most votes takes all the votes assigned to that state. For example, winner takes all.

The purpose of this formula is to insure that rural or lightly populated areas of the nation are still afforded some representation and consideration by candidates and politicians.

If the electoral college were not in place and the President was elected by a simple majority then candidates would completely disregard over 75% of the nation that is sparsely populated. For example, they would only campaign in the densely populated urban areas of the coasts and major cities.

This would result in the disenfranchisement of a great number of middle class, midwestern and southern citizens and probably the dissolution of the union or worse.

In their ulimate wisdom, our founding fathers foresaw this eventuality and created the electoral college that forced candidates to campaign across the entire nation.

Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. 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. The states choose as many electors as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. 270 electoral votes in the Electoral College are needed to win the U.S. presidency. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes in the Electoral College is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.

It is possible that a candidate could win the "national" popular vote total but lose the electoral vote total. However, the electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. A candidate could win the electoral votes in a large state such as California winning the state by a huge margin. However, the opposing candidate could win the electoral votes in other states because a majority of the voters in those states vote for the opposing candidate.That enables the citizens of every state to have a say in the election of the president. If the president was selected by the national popular vote, the citizens in a few large states would select the president of the United States.

The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall in a manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of the President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representative in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; This mean there are three (3) electors available to the District of Columbia.
The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution granted the District of Columbia electors in the Electoral College, the same as if it was a state. The amendment was proposed on June 16, 1960, and ratified by the states on March 29, 1961.

They could but I doubt they ever would. If we went with the popular vote over the electoral college all elections would be over in the first threee hours. Well over half of the population lives east of the Mississippi river so in a popular vote they would overwhelm the rest of the country and there would be no reason for Californians to even go to the polls.

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 6 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana. Therefore, Louisiana has 8 electoral votes.

In the US elections for President and Vice President, the Electoral College actually votes to determine the winner. Many states award their electoral votes "winner take all" so that a narrow victory is the same as an overwhelming one. If one candidate wins most of the very-populous states but not enough electoral votes, their large popular vote in those states does not do them any good.

The Electoral College was set up to avoid domination of the Presidency by candidates from the most populous states, at the expense of the more-numerous smaller states.

The popular vote in each state selects the electors who will vote in the Electoral College. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for.

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. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming have 3 electoral votes each. The District of Columbia also has 3 electoral votes.

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 U.S. House of Representatives. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC). 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.

Based on the 2010 Census the electoral votes by state are: Alabama - 9, Alaska - 3, Arizona - 11, Arkansas - 6, California - 55, Colorado -9, Connecticut - 7, Delaware - 3, District of Columbia - 3, Florida - 29, Georgia - 16, Hawaii - 4, Idaho - 4, Illinois - 20, Indiana - 11, Iowa - 6, Kansas - 6, Kentucky - 8, Louisiana - 8, Maine - 4, Maryland - 10, Massachusetts - 11, Michigan - 16, Minnesota - 10, Mississippi - 6, Missouri - 10, Montana - 3, Nebraska - 5, Nevada - 6, New Hampshire 4 , New Jersey - 14, New Mexico - 5, New York - 29, North Carolina - 15, North Dakota - 3, Ohio - 18, Oklahoma - 7, Oregon - 7, Pennsylvania - 20, Rhode Island - 4, South Carolina - 9, South Dakota - 3, Tennessee - 11, Texas - 38, Utah - 6, Vermont - 3, Virginia - 13, Washington - 12, West Virginia - 5, Wisconsin - 10, and Wyoming - 3.

Because they both have so many electoral votes. Ohio has 18 electoral votes. Florida has 29 electoral votes.