How are electoral votes divided among states?

Answer 1

The number of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives is set at 435 by law. This number was established in 1912, after the admission of Arizona and New Mexico to statehood. Seats are apportioned to the states in proportion to population. An apportionment is made after each decennial Census. The Census is taken in the first year of each decade (ending in 0), and the apportionment is made the next year (ending in 1), to take effect in the elections the year after that (ending in 2).

The present apportionment is as follows:

AL-7, AK-1, AZ-8, AR-4, CA-53, CO-7, CT-5, DE-1, FL-25, GA-13, HI-2, ID-2, IL-19, IN-9, IA-5, KS-4, KY-6, LA-7, ME-2, MD-8, MA-10, MI-15, MN-8, MS-4, MO-9, MT-1, NE-3, NV-3, NH-2, NJ-13, NM-3, NY-29, NC-13, ND-1, OH-18, OK-5, OR-5, PA-19, RI-2, SC-6, SD-1, TN-9, TX-32, UT-3, VT-1, VA-11, WA-9, WV-3, WI-8, WY-1.

There is one seat for every 649,200 Americans, however each state gets at least 1 seat; the District of Columbia is not represented.

Answer 2

There are only two US Senators per state. Being that there are fifty states, there are only 100 seats in the US Senate. Washington DC and the US territories have no direct representation in the senate.

Answer 3

Proportionally, by population. The greater the percentage of the population a state has, the greater its percentage of House seats.

Answer 4

Every state gets two Senate votes, and however many Representative votes as they have districts.

Answer 5

The Clerk of The House of Representatives notifies each state of how many representatives they may have.

Answer 6

how many people live in the state like for instants California has 55 electoral votes so they get more votes than Iowa because we only have 6 electoral votes.

Answer 7

Everybody poops.

Answer 8

Apportionment