Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama (D) who received 1,959,532 votes to John McCain's (R) 1,725,005 votes.
West Virginia had 5 electoral votes in the 2008 election; they were cast for John McCain (R).
Virginia had 13 electoral votes in 2004, which they cast for George W. Bush (R).
Virginia had 12 electoral votes in 1984, which they cast for Ronald Reagan (R)
Illinois was allowed to cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.
Massachusetts cast its 12 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for John McCain in the 2008 election.
In 1796 Virginia cast 20 electoral votes for Thomas Jefferson and 1 electoral vote for John Adams.
Iowa cast its 7 electoral votes for Barack Obama in the 2008 election.
California cast a total of 13,561,900 votes in the 2008 presidential election. This translated into 55 electoral votes.
Virginia has 11 representatives in the US House and two Senators in the US Senate. The number of electoral votes a state has matches the number of its representatives and senators, so Virginia has 13 electoral votes.
West Virginia cast 653,311 votes in the 1998 Presidential election, translating into 6 electoral votes for Michael Dukakis (D).
Texas had 8,077,073 votes cast in the 2008 presidential election, which translated into 34 electoral votes.