The electoral votes from Illinois 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.
Illinois is given one electoral vote for each Illinois congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Illinois Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Illinois has depends on how many Representatives Illinois has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Illinois has does not change, but the number of
Illinois congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Illinois has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Illinois
currently has 18 congressional districts. Thus, Illinois has a total of
20 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Illinois have?" is 20.
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