The electoral votes from Alabama 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.
Alabama is given one electoral vote for each Alabama congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Alabama Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Alabama has depends on how many Representatives Alabama has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Alabama has does not change, but the number of
Alabama congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Alabama has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Alabama
currently has 7 congressional districts. Thus, Alabama has a total of
9 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Alabama have?" is 9.
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