What are California's electoral votes?

Answer 1

Electoral votes are based on the number of represenitives and senators a state has at the federal level. These numbers are based on the population of the stat. The more populated a state, the more electoral votes that stat has. (12th Amendment?) Short answer: Because it has a larger population than any other state.

Long answer: Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to the number of members of Congress from that state -- two Senators for each state, plus however many Representatives the state has. Since the number of Representatives is based on the population of the state, the state with the largest population has the most Representatives and therefore has the most electoral votes.

Answer 2

They have two US Senators and because of their population they have 53 Members of the House of Representatives and since 2 plus 53 equals 55 that is the number of votes they are entitled to in the Electoral College.

Answer 3

Electoral votes are calculated per state based on the number of senators (2) plus the number of representatives. As the number of representatives varies by population, the number of electoral votes varies by population. California has a large number because it is a very populous state.

Answer 4

California has 55 electoral votes, about 10% of the available electoral votes. As the most populous state, California has voted consistently Democratic since 1992. Additionally, California has split its electoral votes 4 times, before changing to a winner take all system.

Electoral votes for each candidate in past elections.
Year - Votes - Candidate:

2016 - 55 - Hillary Clinton (D)

2012 - 55 - Barack Obama (D)

2008 - 55 - Barack Obama (D)

2004 - 55 - John Kerry (D)

2000 - 54 - Al Gore (D)

1996 - 54 - Bill Clinton (D)

1992 - 54 - Bill Clinton (D)

1988 - 47 - George HW Bush (R)

1984 - 47 - Ronald Reagan (R)

1980 - 45 - Ronald Reagan (R)

1976 - 45 - Gerald Ford (R)

1972 - 45 - Richard Nixon (R)

1968 - 40 - Richard Nixon (R)

1964 - 40 - Lyndon B Johnson (D)

1960 - 32 - Richard Nixon (R)

1956 - 32 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1952 - 32 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1948 - 25 - Harry S. Truman (D)

1944 - 25 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1940 - 22 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1936 - 22 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1932 - 22 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

1928 - 13 - Herbert Hoover (R)

1924 - 13 - Calvin Coolidge (R)

1920 - 13 - Warren G. Harding (R)

1916 - 13 - Woodrow Wilson (D)

1912 - 13 - 11 for Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) and 2 for Woodrow Wilson (D)

1908 - 10 - William Howard Taft (R)

1904 - 10 - Theodore Roosevelt (R)

1900 - 9 - William McKinley (R)

1896 - 9 - 8 for William McKinley (R) and 1 for William Jennings Bryan (D)

1892 - 9 - 8 for Grover Cleveland (D) and 1 for Benjamin Harrison (R)

1888 - 8 - Benjamin Harrison (R)

1884 - 8 - James G. Blaine (R)

1880 - 6 - 5 for Winfield Hancock (D) and 1 for James Garfield (R)

1876 - 6 - Rutherford B. Hayes (R)

1872 - 6 - Ulysses S. Grant (R)

1868 - 5 - Ulysses S. Grant (R)

1864 - 5 - Abraham Lincoln (NU)

1860 - 4 - Abraham Lincoln (R)

1856 - 4 - James Buchanan (D)

1852 - 4 - Franklin Pierce (D)

Answer 5

The number of electoral votes is based on the population of the state. California has a high population, hence the 54 electoral votes.

Answer 6

California, New York, and Texas have the most electors because they have the largest populations. The more populous a state the more electors awarded to that state.

Answer 7

it has the biggest population

Answer 8

We have 55 electoral votes.