The electoral votes from Utah 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.
Utah is given one electoral vote for each Utah congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Utah Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Utah has depends on how many Representatives Utah has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Utah has does not change, but the number of
Utah congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Utah has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Utah
currently has 4 congressional districts. Thus, Utah has a total of
6 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Utah have?" is 6.
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