Based on the 2010 Census, the states with the largest number of electoral votes are California 55, Texas 38, New York 29, Florida 29, Illinois 20, and Pennsylvania 20.
If you are referring to the electoral college votes, then it would be California because it has the largest population.
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California with 55.
The most electoral votes that William Jennings Bryan won from one state in one election was 18 votes from Texas in 1908.
Recently, if correct, California had the most electoral college votes with 55 votes.
The state with the lowest elector to population ratio is California.
Texas with 34 votes was the largest state won by the Republicans in 2008. Georgia with 15 votes was second.
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.
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California we have 53 electoral votes.
Texas with 38 votes is second to California which has 55.
John McCain had the most votes in California, where he received 5,011,781 votes. Barack Obama won California with 8,274,473 votes. John McCain won the next most votes in Texas with 4,479,328 votes, giving him this state and it's 34 electoral votes. Obama received only 3,528,633 votes in Texas.
Voters directly elect their congressman and senators, who form the legislative branch. The person who wins the most votes in a state wins the election. Voters do not technically elect the president. The president is chosen by the electoral college. People vote in the presidential election and their votes are tallied by the states. Each state has a certain number of electoral votes. If 51% of the people of Florida, then all of Florida's electoral college votes go for that person. At the end of election day, all the votes are tallied in each state, and the electoral college votes numbers are added up. Whoever wins the majority of the electoral college wins. This means that even if a candidate wins the majority of votes, as Al Gore did in 2000, he can still lose in the electoral college and lose the presidency.