Each state is apportioned a number of representatives based on state population. Population is determined every 10 years with a census. In conjunction with state representatives, each state is given 2 senators to represent them in congress. The number of representatives plus the number of senators equals the number of electorial votes each state is given.
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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 U.S. House of Representatives. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) +3 (for DC).
each state gets just as many electoral votes as how many people they have in congress
A state can be politically divided by having some areas Democrat while other are Republican or any other political party as long as the entire state isn't the same political which none are then it is divided.
a direct tax is divided among an individual person
Federal and State
federal and state governments.
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