Based on the 2010 Census, the states with the largest number of electoral votes are California 55, Texas 38, New York 29, Florida 29, Illinois 20, and Pennsylvania 20.
The electoral votes come from the citizens who vote within the states. The bigger the state, the higher the electoral vote. For example, California has 55 electoral votes. The president needs to obtain these votes for presidency.
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 36 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas. Therefore, Texas has 38 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 14 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan. Therefore, Michigan has 16 electoral votes.
Imagine that you divide a state with invisible lines and the population within those lines is what makes an electroal vote. Pretty much like a district. When you vote, your vote goes into your electoral area. Say we have 500 people in an electroal area in the state of Alabama. 450 people vote R and 50 vote D. Then you have one electroal vote for R. If you have 251 vote R and 249 vote D you have one more R electroal vote. Bottom line is that it is the people who vote but it isn't necessarily counted by each individual vote.
California we have 53 electoral votes.
Texas with 38 votes is second to California which has 55.
John McCain had the most votes in California, where he received 5,011,781 votes. Barack Obama won California with 8,274,473 votes. John McCain won the next most votes in Texas with 4,479,328 votes, giving him this state and it's 34 electoral votes. Obama received only 3,528,633 votes in Texas.
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The most electoral votes that William Jennings Bryan won from one state in one election was 18 votes from Texas in 1908.
It depends, if the state is larger then generally that state would have more votes than your own state, but if it was smaller than most likely your state will have more votes
Texas had the most votes of the states won by John McCain, with 34 electoral votes, and 4,479,328 votes for John McCain to Barack Obama's 3,528,633 votes.
California, with 55 electoral votes.