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The number of electoral votes that a state has is determined by population. The states like Texas and California get more electoral votes than some of the others because more people live in those states.

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How is state and local election winners determined?

The electoral college determines it.


Which state get the large number of electoral vote?

In the Election of 2012, the state with the largest number of electoral college votes will be California, with 55 electoral votes.


How do you get the number of electors for the electoral college?

By the population of the state.


Does the number of electoral college votes vary from state to state?

yes


Did each state get the same number of votes in the electoral college?

No


How many members make up the Electoral College?

There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.


How does redistricting relate to electoral college?

The number of a state's electoral votes is the state's total number of U.S. Senators and Representatives, so every time a state gains or loses House seats, it gains or loses the same number of electoral votes.


How is it determined how many votes a State gets?

A state's number of Electoral College votes is determined by the total combined number of its U.S. senators and representatives. Each state has two senators, plus at least one member of the House of Representatives. The total number of Electoral College votes is 538, with a majority of 270 needed to win the presidency.


How many electoral college votes out of 538 does the state of Mississippi have in the electoral college?

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 4 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi. Therefore, Mississippi has 6 electoral votes.


How many pepeole are there in the Electoral College?

There are currently 538. The number of electors for a state in the electoral college is the number of US Representatives for the state (based on state size and population) plus 2, the number of US Senators per state. The number 538 is the total number of representatives in Congress (435) plus the number of Senators (100), plus 3 electoral votes for the District of Columbia.


How many presidential elector does each state have?

Each state has the number of electors in the Electoral College that equals the total number of US Senators added to the Representatives in the House from that state. If state A has 23 Representatives and 2 Senators (all states have two Senators) then state A would have 25 electoral votes (electors) on the Electoral College.


How electoral college work?

the electoral college works like this the convention delegates settled on a system in which each state legislature would choose a number of electors. The electoral college would select the president and vice president.