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Why is the number of electoral votes available different than the number of people in Congress?
The District of Columbia which has no voting representatives in Congress , has three votes in the electoral college.
What else can I help you with?
what do the number associated with each state represent - in addition to electoral votes?
The number of senators and representatives the state has in congress
How is the number of electoral vote determined?
by the number of representatives and senators in that state
Is the number of US representatives proportional to the number of college electoral votes granted each state?
The number of US representatives is exactly the number of electoral votes minus two. (The number of electoral votes for a state is the defined to be the size of its delegation to Congress, including its two senators. )
What did congress pass to set up the number pf federal courts and their locations?
no
Electorial votes by State?
The number of electoral votes allotted to each state directly depends on the number of residents. Therefore, states with lower populations will have less electoral votes. Montana and Wyoming each only have 3 electoral votes, but the state of California has 55.
How does a state know how many electoral votes they have?
The electoral college vote for any state is the total number of congress people they have. So, house # + 2 from senate
What three things change when a new state enters the union?
The number of stars on the flag The number of Senators in Congress The number of members of the Electoral College
What The number of electoral votes given to a state is based on?
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. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes are available nationwide?
The U.S. electoral college has 538 votes. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win. jk there is acshally 8,200 electorial voters jk again the very fist answer is the right one just testing ya
What two things determine how many electoral votes a state gets?
The number of Representatives and Senators of the state combined.
What is the present number of congress?
435. Congress has the power to authorize the number of representatives based upon population and it has fixed the number at 435. As a side note, the number of electors in the electoral college is 538, 100 Senators and 438 Representatives. The extra 3 electors are for Washington D.C. so the people living in D.C. have a say in the presidential election. Although it is given these electoral votes D.C. has no actual Representatives in Congress.
What do the numbers associated with each state represent and mdash in addition to electoral votes?
The number of senators and representatives the state has in congress
