Each State is different. It depends on the number of Representatives the state has, which is based on the U.S. Census every 10 years. You take the number of Representatives you state has and add it with the 2 senators. So if your state had 13 representatives then it would have 15 electors. D.C. has 3
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).
Based on the 2010 Census the electoral votes by state are: Alabama - 9, Alaska - 3, Arizona - 11, Arkansas - 6, California - 55, Colorado -9, Connecticut - 7, Delaware - 3, District of Columbia - 3, Florida - 29, Georgia - 16, Hawaii - 4, Idaho - 4, Illinois - 20, Indiana - 11, Iowa - 6, Kansas - 6, Kentucky - 8, Louisiana - 8, Maine - 4, Maryland - 10, Massachusetts - 11, Michigan - 16, Minnesota - 10, Mississippi - 6, Missouri - 10, Montana - 3, Nebraska - 5, Nevada - 6, New Hampshire 4 , New Jersey - 14, New Mexico - 5, New York - 29, North Carolina - 15, North Dakota - 3, Ohio - 18, Oklahoma - 7, Oregon - 7, Pennsylvania - 20, Rhode Island - 4, South Carolina - 9, South Dakota - 3, Tennessee - 11, Texas - 38, Utah - 6, Vermont - 3, Virginia - 13, Washington - 12, West Virginia - 5, Wisconsin - 10, and Wyoming - 3.
Long question, short answer: the Electoral College.
The electoral college would show the basic plan of government that was created over 200 years ago. The electoral college was a group of electors, who selected the president. And each state legislaturecould determine how that state's electors would be chosen. Hopefully that helps, i got it out of my textbook :)
A group of electors from each state officially elect the president.
Electoral votes determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. The number is the total number of representative the state has in Congress in both houses total. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. 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.
If the minimum elector is 3 at the least (Washington DC and some small states), that 3 represents the elector for the winning party only. Does the losing party have their electors also but is not capable of electing the president since their candidate lose in the popular vote of that state? Should it be safe to say 6 electors each at the minimum?
If the minimum elector is 3 at the least (Washington DC and some small states), that 3 represents the elector for the winning party only. Does the losing party have their electors also but is not capable of electing the president since their candidate lose in the popular vote of that state? Should it be safe to say 6 electors each at the minimum?
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 .
No, they don't.
The electors are chosen by the voters of each state in the presidential election. When people vote for president, they actually are choosing the electors supporting the candidates named on the ballot.
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.
They are elected by members of the Electoral College. Each state has a given number of Electors, based on their population. The Electors actually cast their votes for the president/ Vice President.
They are elected by members of the Electoral College. Each state has a given number of Electors, based on their population. The Electors actually cast their votes for the president/ Vice President.