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