The electoral votes from Connecticut and the other states are
used to elect a President and Vice President every four years.
Whichever Presidential candidate gets the majority of
the electoral votes becomes the President.
Connecticut is given one electoral vote for each Connecticut congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Connecticut Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Connecticut has depends on how many Representatives Connecticut has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Connecticut has does not change, but the number of
Connecticut congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Connecticut has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Connecticut
currently has 5 congressional districts. Thus, Connecticut has a total of
7 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Connecticut have?" is 7.
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