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