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