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Electoral College Votes by State in USA

In the United States, Election Day occurs every 4 years on Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

The winner of the election is determined by the Electoral College Votes (or President Electors, Electoral Votes), not the national popular votes. President Electors are a group of people gather together during the election to give the official votes for president and vice president.

There are 538 electoral college votes in total. The number of electoral college votes in each state is determined by the number of state representatives, plus its two senators. Each representative represents a portion of their state, about 700,000 people, so the number of electoral college votes is roughly align with the population in each states.

The smallest number of electoral college votes in a state is 3 while the largest number of electoral college votes in a state is 55 in California. Eight of the 51 states (or district) have only 3 president votes.

The following is the list of states with the number of the electoral college votes.

#StateAbbreviationNoteVotes
1AlabamaALState9
2AlaskaAKState3
3ArizonaAZState11
4ArkansasARState6
5CaliforniaCAState55
6ColoradoCOState9
7ConnecticutCTState7
8DelawareDEState3
9District of ColumbiaDCFederal District3
10FloridaFLState29
11GeorgiaGAState16
12HawaiiHIState4
13IdahoIDState4
14IllinoisILState20
15IndianaINState11
16IowaIAState6
17KansasKSState6
18KentuckyKYCommonwealth8
19LouisianaLAState8
20MaineMEState4
21MarylandMDState10
22MassachusettsMACommonwealth11
23MichiganMIState16
24MinnesotaMNState10
25MississippiMSState6
26MissouriMOState10
27MontanaMTState3
28NebraskaNEState5
29NevadaNVState6
30New HampshireNHState4
31New JerseyNJState14
32New MexicoNMState5
33New YorkNYState29
34North CarolinaNCState15
35North DakotaNDState3
36OhioOHState18
37OklahomaOKState7
38OregonORState7
39PennsylvaniaPACommonwealth20
40Rhode IslandRIState4
41South CarolinaSCState9
42South DakotaSDState3
43TennesseeTNState11
44TexasTXState38
45UtahUTState6
46VermontVTState3
47VirginiaVACommonwealth13
48WashingtonWAState12
49West VirginiaWVState5
50WisconsinWIState10
51WyomingWYState3
Total538

The following is the states or district with 5 or fewer electoral college votes.

#StateAbbreviationNoteVotes
1AlaskaAKState3
2DelawareDEState3
3District of ColumbiaDCFederal District3
4MontanaMTState3
5North DakotaNDState3
6South DakotaSDState3
7VermontVTState3
8WyomingWYState3
9HawaiiHIState4
10IdahoIDState4
11MaineMEState4
12New HampshireNHState4
13Rhode IslandRIState4
14NebraskaNEState5
15New MexicoNMState5
16West VirginiaWVState5
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