The electoral votes from Texas 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.
Texas is given one electoral vote for each Texas congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Texas Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Texas has depends on how many Representatives Texas has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Texas has does not change, but the number of
Texas congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Texas has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Texas
currently has 36 congressional districts. Thus, Texas has a total of
38 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Texas have?" is 38.
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