The electoral votes from Minnesota 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.
Minnesota is given one electoral vote for each Minnesota congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Minnesota Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Minnesota has depends on how many Representatives Minnesota has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Minnesota has does not change, but the number of
Minnesota congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Minnesota has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Minnesota
currently has 8 congressional districts. Thus, Minnesota has a total of
10 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Minnesota have?" is 10.
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