The electoral votes from Iowa 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.
Iowa is given one electoral vote for each Iowa congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Iowa Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Iowa has depends on how many Representatives Iowa has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Iowa has does not change, but the number of
Iowa congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Iowa has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Iowa
currently has 4 congressional districts. Thus, Iowa has a total of
6 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Iowa have?" is 6.
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