Delaware, Vermont, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Alaska and the District of Columbia each have three votes in the U. S. Presidential and Vice Presidential elections of 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Texas has 34 of the 538 Electoral Votes in the Electoral College.
The seven US states with at least 20 electoral votes are CA,TX,NY,FL, OH,PA and IL as of 2008.
The members of your states Electoral College
There are actually 6 states with 3 electoral votes. -Vermont -Montana -Alaska -Wyoming -North Dakota -South Dakota
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. Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the Electoral College.
Because of the electoral college.The way US Presidential elections work is that the candidate who wins the popular vote in a state receives all the electoral votes of that state (there are a couple of states that do it differently, but most of them are "winner take all").It doesn't matter if you win in that state by one vote or unanimously, you get all the electoral votes. So if you win the states you win by large margins and lose the states you lose by small margins, it's entirely possible for the overall number of votes to show you as the winner, but for you to lose due to receiving fewer electoral votes than your opponent.
Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes.PA has 17 electoral votes
There were 538 electoral votes in the 2012 US presidential election.
A politician running for US President wins electoral votes by securing a majority of electoral college votes (270 out of 538). Each state is allocated a certain number of electoral votes based on its representation in Congress. Winning a state's popular vote typically results in winning all of its electoral votes, except in a few states. Therefore, a candidate needs to campaign and win the popular vote in key battleground states to accumulate enough electoral votes to win the election.
Popular votes
It cast 31 electoral votes for Obama.
Electoral votes in the US are the popular vote for each state combined into an electoral. Example - 50,000 people vote for a candidate in one state. 60,000 vote for the other candidate in the same state. The candidate with 60,000 voted in that states gets the electoral vote. Note. A state can have more electoral votes depending on population.