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Of Texas, Arizona, Florida, and California, the State of California has the largest number of Electoral Votes in the Election of 2012. California has 55 (unchanged), Texas has 38 (an increase of 4 electoral votes), and Florida has 29 (an increase of 2 electoral votes), and Arizona has 9 (unchanged), respectively.
Tucson does not have any electoral votes. Based on the 2010 Census, Arizona has 11 electoral votes. Arizona appoints its electors on a winner-take-all basis, based on the Arizona statewide popular vote on Election Day.
2,293,475 votes were cast in the 2008 November presidential election in Arizona. Arizona had 10 electoral votes.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. Therefore, Arizona has 11 electoral votes.
Arizona awarded its 10 electoral votes to John McCain who won the state with 1,230,111 votes as opposed to Obama's 1,034,707 votes.
Hillary Clinton received 0 of 11 electoral votes, receiving 1,161,167 votes to Donald Trump's 1,252,401 votes, losing Arizona.
Although the number of Electoral Votes a state may have can fluctuate, Arizona received 10 electoral votes in the last presidential election. These votes went in support of Republican Sen. John McCain.
Arizona awarded 0 electoral votes to Obama, whom lost the state in 2008 with 1,034,707 votes as opposed to John McCain's 1,230,111 votes. McCain won Arizona's 10 electoral votes. In 2012, Obama lost the state to Mitt Romney who received 1,233,654 votes to Obama's 1,025,232 votes.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2000 Census, there were 8 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 2004. Therefore, Arizona had 10 electoral votes in 2004.
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John McCain won Arizona with 1,230,111 votes as opposed to Obama's 1,034,707 votes. Arizona awarded its 10 electoral votes to John McCain.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. Therefore, Arizona has 11 electoral votes.