Based on the 2010 Census, the states with the largest number of electoral votes are California 55, Texas 38, New York 29, Florida 29, Illinois 20, and Pennsylvania 20.
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California with 55.
The most electoral votes that William Jennings Bryan won from one state in one election was 18 votes from Texas in 1908.
Recently, if correct, California had the most electoral college votes with 55 votes.
The state with the lowest elector to population ratio is California.
Texas with 34 votes was the largest state won by the Republicans in 2008. Georgia with 15 votes was second.
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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California we have 53 electoral votes.
Texas with 38 votes is second to California which has 55.
John McCain had the most votes in California, where he received 5,011,781 votes. Barack Obama won California with 8,274,473 votes. John McCain won the next most votes in Texas with 4,479,328 votes, giving him this state and it's 34 electoral votes. Obama received only 3,528,633 votes in Texas.
No the people of the U.S.A. vote and the and the person with the most vote from that state gets the electoral college votes