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