There are 538 electors in the Electoral College. This number is based on the size of the US Congress (435 members) and the US Senate (100 members) plus 3 for the District of Colombia.
435+100+3 = 538
Puerto Rico and other US territories do not participate in the
presidential elections, or any other Federal elections, although they do
participate in the presidential primaries
Each State and the District of Colombia are given a minimum of 3 electoral voters. The rest are distributed according to population. Because each state gets 3 to start with, some States are under represented and some are over represented in the Electoral College.
For instance, California would get 10 more electors and Texas would get 6 more if the electors of the Electoral College were distributed on the basis of population alone.
Each State and the District of Colombia are given a minimum of 3 electoral voters. The rest are distributed according to population. Because each state gets 3 to start with, some States are under represented and some are over represented in the Electoral College.
For instance, California would get 10 more electors and Texas would get 6 more if the electors of the Electoral College were distributed on the basis of population alone.
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