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What besty explains how many electoral votes a state gets?
The number of congressman from that state plus the number of senators from that state.
What is the least number of congressmen can a state have?
Every state gets 2 Senators. The number of Representatives is based on population, but each state gets at least one. So three would be the minimum. Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Delaware, Wyoming and Alaska have the minimum number.
Why does the number of electoral votes not match the number of congressional members?
Besides the Congressional representatives each state has two senators and so get two votes in addition to the number of its congressman. Since every state has at least one congressman , it follows that every state gets at least three electoral votes, as does DC.The total is electoral votes is thus 435 for Congress plus 100 for the Senate plus 3 for Dc = 538.
What is the minimum number of seats that each state gets in the house?
One. Rhode Island, for example. Seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned by population, and Rhode Island is a pretty small state. On the other hand, the state of Montana is huge - but doesn't have many people, so they also have one Representative in the House.
The number of Representatives a State gets depend on?
The population of a given state determines the number of representatives the state gets.
Who gets power from congressional districts?
The congressman from that district
What is the number of presidential elctors a state gets is?
it depends on the population of the state
The number of votes a state gets is related to its?
population.
Why is three the lowest number of electoral college votes that a state can have?
Each state has (exactly) two senators, and at least one representative. Since the number of electoral college votes a state has is the sum of the number of senators and representatives it has, the minimum is therefore 3.
Minimum number of electors in the electoral college that a state could have?
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.
How is it decided how many senators a state gets?
Each state gets 2 senators, all states have the same number of senators.
The number of presidental electors a state gets is the same as?
The number of its Representatives plus the number of its Senators.
