Recently, if correct, California had the most electoral college votes with 55 votes.
No, Texas has the second most electoral votes, second to California.
California, with 55 electoral votes.
Andrew Jackson was the leader in electoral votes and in popular votes in 1824 but he did not get the required majority of electoral votes and so the House decided the election as the constitution requires.
California we have 53 electoral votes.
Texas with 38 votes is second to California which has 55.
Electoral votes are the votes of Congress. California receives 55 electoral votes (the most of any state) because it has 53 representatives and two senators.
George W. Bush received all four Idaho electoral votes.
The most electoral votes the state of Virginia has ever had is 13. This occurred during the 1960, 1964, and 1968 presidential elections. Since then, Virginia has had 11 electoral votes, which is its current allocation.
By majority, if the candidate has most of Iowa's electoral votes lets say 21-20 then that candidate that had 21 got all the 41 electoral votes for that state.
The number of electoral votes are based on the population, so each state 'should' have as many electoral votes as needed by their population, with minimum of three. For instance, California is the most populated state and has the most electoral votes, currently at 55. Wyoming and a number of other states are not as populated and have the least electoral votes, currently at 3.
The most electoral votes that William Jennings Bryan won from one state in one election was 18 votes from Texas in 1908.