As voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they will not vote for the presidential candidates directly, in a popular vote. Instead, they will vote to elect specific people, known as “electors” to the college. Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes based on its population.
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The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
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Electoral votes are based on each state's population since the latest census, which determines the number of people representing the state in Congress. For instance, Georgia's… population increased significantly enough that the state gained an additional congressman and electoral vote after the 2010 census.
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Check the link below for a full list of states,  with the number of electoral votes each state has. The list  includes the number of votes for 2008, before the 2010 census, and  the list of votes after the census. You will see some changes based  on census results.
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Third number is the three electoral college votes given Washington, D.C. by the Twenty-Third Amendment.. The power to elect a president changes every ten years by the decennial census. The census is based on population, literally the people, and it changes power in the states as they change over time..
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The House. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
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The Senate. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses superseded by 17th Amendment, section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
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U.S. Constitution. Article II, Sec. 1: “Each State shall appoint, in such. Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of. Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and. Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the. Congress...”. •23rd Amendment: gave the District of Columbia 3 votes.
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The electors are appointed by the political parties in each state, so if you vote for Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, and Mr. Trump ends up winning the popular vote in your state, then electors that the Republican Party has chosen will cast votes for him in their state capitals in December.
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Every state gets at least three electoral votes, because a state’s number of electors is identical to the total number of its senators and representatives in Congress. Seven states have the minimum three electors.
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each state is entitled to appoint a number of electors based on what
Each state gets a certain number of electoral votes based on its population. To appoint a number of electors in each state it is based on a certain number of electoral votes based on its population.