The electoral votes from Alaska 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.
Alaska is given one electoral vote for each Alaska congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Alaska Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Alaska has depends on how many Representatives Alaska has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Alaska has does not change, but the number of
Alaska congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Alaska has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Alaska
currently has 1 congressional districts. Thus, Alaska has a total of
3 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Alaska have?" is 3.
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