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