The electoral votes from Massachusetts 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.
Massachusetts is given one electoral vote for each Massachusetts congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Massachusetts Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Massachusetts has depends on how many Representatives Massachusetts has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Massachusetts has does not change, but the number of
Massachusetts congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Massachusetts has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Massachusetts
currently has 9 congressional districts. Thus, Massachusetts has a total of
11 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Massachusetts have?" is 11.
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