How do they determine how many electoral votes each candidate will get?

Answer 1

Electoral votes in the Electoral College determine the President of the United States. Every state and DC are awarded a certain number of electoral votes with which to elect the President. 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.

Answer 2

The number of electoral votes for each state is determined by the number of representatives it has in the US House of Representatives. This number is determined by federal law based on the most recent US census. (After each census, the number of representatives for each state is re-calculated and the states are notified by Congress of any changes in the number of their representatives. The legislatures of each state then have to adjust the boundaries of their congressional districts to reflect any changes.)

Answer 3

All states but Nebraska and Maine award all their electoral votes to one candidate Nebraska and Maine award one vote to the winner in each congressional district and two votes to the state-wide leader. Some states such as California award all their votes to the national leader in popular votes. Most states award all their votes to the state-wide winner in popular vote.

Answer 4

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. The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is fixed at 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). The number of electoral votes for individual states may increase or decrease based on the results of the census results.

Answer 5

The number of electors for each state is the same as the total number of representatives and senators that state has. Every state has two senators and the number of representatives is determined by population with a minimum of one.

Answer 6

Each elector gets one vote and the votes are counted and tallied.