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 5 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut. Therefore, Connecticut has 7 electoral votes.
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Maryland continues to have 10 electoral votes, which is what it had in the 2008 presidential election and again in 2012.
The number of states Obama won in the general presidential election of 2008 is 28.
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 is 1 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska. Therefore, Alaska had 3 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.
520 by Richard Nixon in 1972
Florida (4), Louisiana (8), South Carolina (7) and Oregon (3) had a total of 22 electoral votes in 1876 presidential election.
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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 9 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. Therefore, Arizona had 11 electoral votes in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections. There was no presidential election in 2015.
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Teddy Roosevelt won the 1904 presidential election defeating Alton Parker. In the 1904 presidential election Teddy Roosevelt received 336 electoral votes and Alton Parker received 140 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Roosevelt 7,626,593 and Parker 5,082,898.
William McKinley won the 1896 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1896 presidential election William McKinley received 271 electoral votes and William Bryan received 176 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,108,480 and Bryan 6,511,495. Incumbent President William McKinley won reelection in the 1900 presidential election defeating William J. Bryan. In the 1900 presidential election William McKinley received 292 electoral votes and William Bryan received 155 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were McKinley 7,218,039 and Bryan 6,358,345.
Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and the District of Columbia are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. 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 House of Representatives. The electors in each state are elected in the presidential election and swear in advance to vote for the presidential candidate who wins the election in their state.