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EV's are apportioned by population. Each state gets one EV for each Congressional District it contains plus two more EV's, one for each senator in the United States Senate.

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Q: Why are there different numbers of electoral votes per state?
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Which state has more electoral votes Kansas or Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania currently has more electoral votes with 20 electoral votes to Kansas' 6 electoral votes.


Does every state have two electoral votes?

No, every state has at least three electoral votes


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What is the number of democrat and republican electoral votes for each state?

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What non-state has electoral votes?

The non- state with electoral votes is the District of Columbia (DC)


Which state has 31 electoral votes?

Based on the 2010 Census no state has 29 Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Therefore, no state has 31 electoral votes. Texas is close with 38 electoral votes.


Did Barack Obama win the electoral votes for Florida?

Yes he did. He won the state's 27 electoral votes in 2008, and in 2012, when the state had 29 electoral votes, the president received them all.


Which state get the large number of electoral vote?

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