The electoral votes from Kentucky 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.
Kentucky is given one electoral vote for each Kentucky congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Kentucky Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Kentucky has depends on how many Representatives Kentucky has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Kentucky has does not change, but the number of
Kentucky congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Kentucky has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Kentucky
currently has 6 congressional districts. Thus, Kentucky has a total of
8 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Kentucky have?" is 8.
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