The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state.
closeThe number of presidential electors each state appoints is equal to the total of that state's U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators. Since every state has two U.S. Senators, the number of electors is the number of the state's U.S. Representatives plus two.
By its population, but they get at least one.
The number of its Representatives plus the number of its Senators.
The House of Representatives' number depends on the population of each state. The more populous the state is, the more representatives to the House of Representatives they have. The Senate is comprised of two senators from each state regardless of the state's population.
The number of representatives each state gets in the House of Representatives is determined by the population of that state. This is based on the decennial (every 10 years) census conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The more populous a state is, the more representatives it has in the House.
2AnswerIn the electoral college, the number that each state gets is equal to the number of senators plus the number of representatives. Each state has 2 senators, and the representatives are based on population. So if a state has 6 representatives in the house, they will get 8 electoral votes.
State Senators (U.S Senate) + State Representatives (U.S House of Representatives) = State Electors. Kansas has 2 Senators and 4 Representatives, so they have 6 electoral votes.
The number of Representatives and Senators of the state combined.
Each state has a diffrennt number of reps. they each get 2 senates and the number is alwasy determined by the population of that state.
The number of Representatives a state gets is directly proportional to is population as indicated in the most recent Census.
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.