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The number of electoral votes are based on the population, so each state 'should' have as many electoral votes as needed by their population, with minimum of three. For instance, California is the most populated state and has the most electoral votes, currently at 55. Wyoming and a number of other states are not as populated and have the least electoral votes, currently at 3.
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How many electors are in new your state?
There are a total of 538 electors in the Electoral College for the presidential election. New York State has 29 electors in the Electoral College.
How do you get the number of electors for the electoral college?
By the population of the state.
What is a group of electors from each state who votes for president?
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
How many members make up the Electoral College?
There are 538 Electors in the Electoral College.
Who intially chose the electors from each state for the electoral college?
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What was the last US state to send electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature?
Antebellum South Carolina had a policy of sending electors to the Electoral College based on the voting in the state legislature.
Who actually casts the electoral votes for each state?
The states choose as many "electors" as it has electoral votes and these electors elect the president. The electors are elected by popular vote in each state and each candidate for elector swears in advance whom he will vote for. The electors vote their electoral votes in the Electoral College.
What group meets to elect the President?
This group is the electoral college.
How is representation determined in the electoral college?
In the Electoral College, each state has as many Electors as it has Senators and Representatives, combined. Each state decides whether the Electors are awarded to the candidates on a proportional or winner-takes-all basis.
What is the name of the group of people who choose the president and vice president?
As a group this is the electoral college- its members are called electors. Nowadays the electors are chosen by popular vote within each state and D.C but at one time in many of the states the state legislature would choose the electors for their state .
Is the electoral college located in DC?
The Electoral College is not a college in the traditional sense. Once every four years when the electors meet in the state capitals to cast their votes for president, reporters call that "The Electoral College." Saying "The Electoral College met," is simply a shorthand way of saying, "The Electors met in their respective State Capitals to cast their votes." The second statement is what really happened. The Electoral College does not really exist.
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.
