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