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Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. 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 House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). A majority is 270 - one more than half of the total number of 538.
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∙ 6y agoEach 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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1 How does the government decide how many electoral votes each state should have?
Population of each state determines electoral vote.
What determines how many electoral votes each state have?
How many rich white people they have
The electoral votes are sent from each state capitol to his body to be counted?
Electoral votes are sent from each state to Congress to be counted.
What determines the number of electoral votes that gets?
The number of electoral votes a state receives is determined by the number of representatives it has in the House of Representatives (which is based on population) plus its two senators. Each state has a minimum of three electoral votes, regardless of population. The total number of electoral votes is 538, with a majority of 270 needed to win the presidency.
What is the number of democrat and republican electoral votes for each state?
Electoral votes are not divided between democrats and republicans. They are allocated among the states. 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 House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. Each state then votes that states electoral votes for the U.S. presidential candidate who won the election in that state.
What is the minimum number of electoral votes for a stat?
I assume you mean "state". Each state has a minimum of three electoral votes.
Electorial votes by State?
The number of electoral votes allotted to each state directly depends on the number of residents. Therefore, states with lower populations will have less electoral votes. Montana and Wyoming each only have 3 electoral votes, but the state of California has 55.
Why are electoral votes counted during popular vote?
Electoral votes are not counted during the popular vote. In the United States, electoral votes are allocated to each state based on their representation in Congress. The popular vote determines which candidate wins each state's electoral votes, and the candidate who receives a majority of the electoral votes (270 out of 538) becomes the president.
What determines the amount of electoral votes for each state?
Each state has a number of electoral votes (electors) equal to the number of Senators and Representatives that particular state is entitled to have in Congress. If a state is entitled to have 10 Representatives and 2 Senators, it gets 12 electoral votes. See Article 2, Section 2 of the US Constitution.
What determines how many electoral delegates each state has in Electoral College?
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representatives the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representatives the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. NOTE: The 23rd Amendment to the US Constitution grants the District of Columbia 3 electoral votes - equivalent to what they would have if they were a state although they have neither US Senators nor a representative in the US House of Representatives.
How many electoral votes does n.c. have today?
10 votes each state
What are electoral votes based on?
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 House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The District of Columbia also has 3 electoral votes.
