Do they recalculate the dispersion of population every census?
2007-05-12 04:38:20 · 3 answers · asked by the_last204 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Each state gets one electoral vote for each senator and representative that it has. The minimum is 3.
Yes, every 10 years, after a census, the congressional districts are shifted but by very very little. Back in 2000, I believe that they took one represtative away from a northern state and shifted it to a southern state. But there were only 1 or 2 changes. I remember Utah being upset because they didn't gain one.
2007-05-12 04:44:08 · answer #1 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to its number of congressional districts and senate seats. Each state has at least 3 electoral votes (2 US Senators, and at least one member of the House). Each state gets to decide how it will divide its electoral votes. Most states have a winner take all arrangement in which whoever gets a plurality of the popular vote in that state gets all that states electoral votes. I think Maine and Colorado divide up their electoral votes differently, and one state (MD or DL I think) just decided to give all their electoral votes to whoever wins the popular vote nationwide (but only if other states go along).
The problem is that the current arrangements allow someone to sometimes win the Presidency with far fewer popular votes nationwide than one or more of their opponents receives. There are a number of proposals to fix that problem.
The Green Party and others have suggested an instant runoff system to use in elections in general.
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2007-05-12 11:54:05 · answer #2 · answered by Yaktivistdotcom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the number of representatives you have in the national house of representatives plus the two senators you have.
2007-05-12 11:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Paulien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋