The electoral votes from Montana 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.
Montana is given one electoral vote for each Montana congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Montana Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Montana has depends on how many Representatives Montana has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Montana has does not change, but the number of
Montana congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Montana has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Montana
currently has 1 congressional districts. Thus, Montana has a total of
3 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Montana have?" is 3.
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