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Under the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, Washington, D.C. is allocated as many electors as it would have if it were a state, (but no more electors than the least populous state). Since every state has at least 3 electoral votes, Washington, D.C. is allocated 3 electoral votes.
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As a result of this amendment the District of Columbia has three electoral votes?
23rd amendant to the Constitution
Why is the number of electoral votes available different than the number of people in Congress?
The District of Columbia which has no voting representatives in Congress , has three votes in the electoral college.
What non-state has electoral votes?
The non- state with electoral votes is the District of Columbia (DC)
How many electoral votes does the District of Columbia receive?
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How many electoral votes in the Presidential election is The District of Columbia guaranteed?
Washington D.C receives 3 electoral votes.
The District of Colombia got these with Amendment twenty three?
Amendment 23 of the US Constitution provides for the electoral votes for the District of Columbia. Since this is technically not a state up to this point there were no electoral votes allowed from the District of Columbia for the election of a president and vice president.
If there are a total of 535 congressman where does the total of 538 electoral votes come from?
The District of Columbia does not have a voting congressional delegation. However, under the 23rd amendment, the District is entitled to the same number of electoral votes as the state with the least number of electoral votes in presidential elections. Since the states with the least number of votes have three votes, the Washington D.C. is entitled to three electoral votes, so there are 538 total votes even though there are only 535 congresspeople.
What territory votes in the us but is not a state?
The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes.
When John Kennedy was elected President in 1960 he received the District of Columbia's 3 electroral votes?
District of Columbia cast its 3 electoral votes for John F. Kennedy in the 1960 election.
Can residents of Washington D.C. vote in presidential elections?
Residents of Washington D.C. can vote in Presidential elections. The District of Columbia has three electoral votes.
Which state did not give electoral vote to President Reagan?
In the 1984 election Ronal Regan received 525 (97.58%) of the 538 electoral votes. Walter Mondale received 10 electoral votes from his home state of Minnesota and 3 electoral votes from the District of Columbia.
How many states can a candidate win and still lose the election?
When referring to the Electoral College and Presidential elections, a candidate can win by taking: California (55 electoral votes) Texas (28 electoral votes) Florida (29 electoral votes) New York (29 electoral votes) Illinois (20 electoral votes) Pennsylvania (20 electoral votes) Ohio (18 electoral votes) Georgia (16 electoral votes) Michigan (16 electoral votes) New Jersey (15 electoral votes) Virginia (14 electoral votes) - a total of 11 states for 270 electoral votes which means a candidate can lose the other 39 states and District of Columbia and still win the election.
