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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 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).
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How often is the number of congressional districts per state determined?
The number of congressional districts per state is determined every 10 years, after the census.
How do you determine the number of senates from each state?
The Constitution has already determined it. It's 2 per state, regardless of size or population.
How is representation in each determined?
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
How are elector votes determine?
The number of votes a state has is the total number of Senators and Congressmen.First, every state starts off with two votes (each state has 2 senators; that's why).Now add:The number of U.S. representatives the state has, which is at least one.(Besides the states, the District of Columbia gets 3 votes, so the total number of electoral votes is 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC) = 538. )The number of electoral votes per state is changed every 10 years, when the US Congress re-apportions the seats in the House of Representatives based on the new census. The total is fixed at 435 and the number of seats each state gets is determined by the population of each state relative to the total population with a minimum of one.
How does the government decide how many officials will be in the Senate and the House of Representatives?
The number of representatives is proportional to the number of districts within a state. The number of districts is determined by population as reported in the census.
How are the number of reps per state decided?
The number of US representatives per state is determined by the population of that state in relation to the total population of all the states in the US. This is why there is a census ordered to take place every 10 years in the Constitution. There are a total of 435US representatives no matter what!
What is determined by the census that is taken every ten years?
The new number of representatives to which each state is entitled- a process called reapportionment
How the number of representatives in the house of Representatives is determined?
The number of Representatives per state is determined by the population of each state. (Today, there are about 435 members at the House of Representatives session in all!!)
How is the total of 538 Electoral College votes determined What is the purpose of the popular vote in the Electoral College system?
The electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. Therefore, every elector in the Electoral College is expected to cast the electoral vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that elector's state.
What determines the amount of presidential electors per state?
The amount of electors is determined by the total number of members a state has in Congress (Congressmen plus Senators)
What was the solution to the great compromise?
large states (large population) wanted the number a representatives to be determined by the population while small states (little population) wanted the number of representatives to be the same for every state. The compromise was to create the senate (2 representatives per state) and the house of representatives (representatives determined by population)
What determined how many votes each state received in the house of representatives and the senate?
The Great Compromise by Henry Clay made to satisfy both the small states (who wanted a set number of votes per state as in the Senate) and the large states (who wanted the number of votes to be determined by size, as in the House of Rep.).
