What causes electoral realignment?

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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. 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 each 10-years based on

the results of the updated census results.

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