The electoral votes from Oklahoma 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.
Oklahoma is given one electoral vote for each Oklahoma congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Oklahoma Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Oklahoma has depends on how many Representatives Oklahoma has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Oklahoma has does not change, but the number of
Oklahoma congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Oklahoma has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Oklahoma
currently has 5 congressional districts. Thus, Oklahoma has a total of
7 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Oklahoma have?" is 7.
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