Washington state has 12 electoral votes because there are 10 representitves and 2 senates(:
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, Colorado has 9 electoral votes, Kansas has 6 electoral votes, and Washington has 12 electoral votes.
Donald Trump received 0 of 12 electoral votes, receiving 1,221,747 votes to Hillary Clinton's 1,742,718 votes, losing Washington.
President Obama won Washington's 12 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.
In 2008: Barack Obama received 11 electoral votes from Washington, receiving 1,750,848 votes to John McCain's 1,229,216 votes.In 2012: Washington's 12 electoral votes have not yet been allocated. Projections indicate that Obama will likely receive these 12 electoral votes.
Donald Trump received 1,221,747 votes to Hillary Clinton's 1,742,718 votes, losing Washington's 12 electoral votes.
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 10 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington. Therefore, Washington has 12 electoral votes.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, Washington has 12 electoral votes.
George Washington won the first electoral election in 1789 with 69 electoral votes.
Hillary Clinton received 1,742,718 votes to Donald Trump's 1,221,747 votes, winning the state. However, of Washington's 12 electoral votes, only 8 electoral votes went to Hillary Clinton. 3 went to Colin Powell, and 1 went to Faith Spotted Eagle.
The non- state with electoral votes is the District of Columbia (DC)
Hillary Clinton won the 2016 Presidential election in Washington. She received 8 of Washington's 12 electoral votes. Colin Powell received 3 votes and Faith Spotted Eagle, a Native American elder, received 1 vote.
Washington DC gets 3 electoral votes.D.C. gets THREE electoral votes as if it were a state, but will never get more than the least populous state.Source: The Constitution of the United States, Amendment XXIII