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Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the U.S. House of Representatives. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC).
The number of electors for a state is determined by the state's representation in Washington. That is, each state has one elector for each senator and one elector for each representative. For example, Wyoming has two senators and one member of the House of Representatives. Therefore, Wyoming has three electors.
There are 535 electors during each Presidential election. In each state, electors for the President of choice are elected, not the President themselves. Article II of the Constitution stated that the number of electors in each state equals to the number of representatives representing that state plus two senators. There are 435 Representatives and 100 senators totalling 535.
Senators are not eligible to serve as an Elector in the U.S. Electoral College. Electoral votes in the U.S. Electoral College determine the President and Vice President of the United States. The political parties in each state choose slates of potential Electors sometime before the general election. The electoral college Electors in most states are selected by state party conventions or by the state party's central committee. In a few states the Electors are selected by primary election or by the party's presidential nominee. Political parties often choose Electors that are state elected officials, state party leaders, or people in the state who have a personal or political affiliation with their party's Presidential candidate. On Election Day, the voters in each state select their state's Electors by casting their ballots for President. In most states, the names of individual Electors do not appear anywhere on the ballot; instead only those of the various candidates for President and Vice President appear, usually prefaced by the words "Electors for." The Electors are expected to vote for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the party that nominated them.
The 9 electoral votes represent 7 representatives and 2 senators.
Dude, there are 4 presidential electors in Idaho. The number of electors in any state is equal to that state's congressional presence- Meaning, a state has the same number of electors as it has people in congress. In Idaho, that means 4 (because we have 2 senators and 2 representatives).
No, the U.S. Constitution specifically forbids Senators and Representatives from being Electors.
Only that citizens have the right to vote for a US Representative if they are able to vote in the largest house of their state's legislature. People did not have the right to vote, granted by the Constitution, for anything else including Senators and the President/Vice President. Some states did have popular voting for Senators and Presidential Electors at the time, but it was not required. It is still not required for states to allow popular voting for Presidential Electors, however all states practice this.
Senators are elected into power the same way the president is. When the Senator in your area is up for re-election there will be one held on the same day as the presidential election.
Here's a helpful page about the electoral college: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/ When you vote for president, you're actually voting for "electors" pledged to a particular candidate...
Under terms of the 23rd amendment to the Constitution, citizens of the District of Columbia are able to vote for Electors in Presidential Elections. However, they have no Representatives in the House of Representatives, and no Senators in the Senate, so they cannot vote to elect them.
21 votes-all 21 votes have to be for one person the votes cannot be splitThree. A state has one vote in the Electoral College for each Representative and one for each Senator representing that state in Congress.