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For the U. S. Presidential and Vice Presidential elections every four years, each state appoints a number of electors equal to the total number of Senators and Representatives that state has in Congress. Every state has two Senators and at least one Representative, so the minimum number of electors a state can be allowed is three.

The total number of Congressmen in the House of Representatives remains constant at 435. However, every ten years, in years ending with 1, the previous year's census is used to redistribute the 435 House seats among the 50 states according to their relative populations. Also, beginning with the 1964 election, D.C. appoints the same number of electors as the least populous state (currently Wyoming).

Here is a list of all 51 governments that appoint electors in order by population (according to the 2010 census) and the number of electors each may appoint for the 2012, 2016 and 2020 elections (the numbers in parentheses are the changes, if any, from 2008):

  1. California... 55
  2. Texas... 38 (+4)
  3. New York... 29 (-2)
  4. Florida... 29 (+2)
  5. Illinois... 20 (-1)
  6. Pennsylvania... 20 (-1)
  7. Ohio... 18 (-2)
  8. Michigan... 16 (-1)
  9. Georgia... 16 (+1)
  10. North Carolina... 15
  11. New Jersey... 14 (-1)
  12. Virginia... 13
  13. Washington (state)... 12 (+1)
  14. Massachusetts... 11 (-1)
  15. Indiana... 11
  16. Arizona... 11 (+1)
  17. Tennessee... 11
  18. Missouri... 10 (-1)
  19. Maryland... 10
  20. Wisconsin... 10
  21. Minnesota... 10
  22. Colorado... 9
  23. Alabama... 9
  24. South Carolina... 9 (+1)
  25. Louisiana... 8 (-1)
  26. Kentucky... 8
  27. Oregon... 7
  28. Oklahoma... 7
  29. Connecticut... 7
  30. Iowa... 6 (-1)
  31. Mississippi... 6
  32. Arkansas... 6
  33. Kansas... 6
  34. Utah... 6 (+1)
  35. Nevada... 6 (+1)
  36. New Mexico... 5
  37. West Virginia... 5
  38. Nebraska... 5
  39. Idaho... 4
  40. Hawaii... 4
  41. Maine... 4
  42. New Hampshire... 4
  43. Rhode Island... 4
  44. Montana... 3
  45. Delaware... 3
  46. South Dakota... 3
  47. Alaska... 3
  48. North Dakota... 3
  49. Vermont... 3
  50. District of Columbia... 3
  51. Wyoming... 3
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