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