The number of DEMOCRATIC delegates Ohio receives 162 delegates for the convention, 92 of which are elected democratically through 18 Congressional District caucuses held tonight (January 3rd). Each caucus is afforded a certain number of male and female delegate positions to be filled from their region.
http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/tonights_ohio_caucuses_explained A NYTimes link talking about all states Democratic Delegates.
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/democraticprimaries/index.html
They also have a breakdown of Republican delegates:
http://politics.nytimes.com/election-guide/2008/primaries/republicanprimaries/index.html
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Ohio has 16 representatives in the US House of Representatives as of 2011.
There are 99 members (state representatives) in the Ohio legislature.
Ohio has 161 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. It has 88 delegates to the Republican convention. It votes on Tuesday, March 4.
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Rhode Island has three delegates to the Electoral College. This is the minimum amount, because they have a delegate for each senator and their single congressional district.
The Electoral College is the collective name that has been given to the 538 delegates from the 50 states who cast their electoral votes every four years to elect the President and Vice President, as specified by the US Constitution. In one sense, you could say that there is only one Electoral College, as the method is only used in presidential elections; however, a different set of electors are chosen every four years.
270 votes from the electoral college are required to become president.
Of the 55 delegates that signed the Declaration of Independence, about one half had attended or graduated from a college. George Washington attend William and Mary College long enough to qualify as a surveyor.