The Electoral College is one of the most complicated aspects of American presidential elections. Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of Senators (2 per state) plus the number of Congressional districts within the state. Congressional districts are apportioned during the every-ten-years US Census, and each state has a number of districts relating to their overall population.
Therefore, the most populous state in the nation, California, has 55 electoral votes, while sparsely populated states such as Wyoming and Alaska have one "at-large" congressional district that constitutes the entire state, and therefore they have 3 electoral votes (2 senate seats plus 1 congressional district = 3). Additionally, the District of Columbia (Washington DC) also gets 3 electoral votes.
In the 2008 elections, the number remains the same as the 2004 elections. The total number of electoral votes in this election will total 438. In order to win the election, a candidate must get half of the electoral votes plus 1, meaning that 270 electoral votes are necessary. Below is a table showing the number of electoral votes each state will have in the 2008 election: Alabama 9
Alaska 3
Arizona 10
Arkansas 6
California 55
Colorado 9
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
D.C. 3
Florida 27
Georgia 15
Hawaii 4
Idaho 4
Illinois 21
Indiana 11
Iowa 7
Kansas 6
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 9
Maine 4
Maryland 10
Massachusetts 12
Michigan 17
Minnesota 10
Mississippi 6
Missouri 11
Montana 3
Nebraska 5
Nevada 5
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 15
New Mexico 5
New York 31
North Carolina 15
North Dakota 3
Ohio 20
Oklahoma 7
Oregon 7
Pennsylvania 21
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 8
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 11
Texas 34
Utah 5
Vermont 3
Virginia 13
Washington 11
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 10
Wyoming 3
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