The electoral votes from Virginia 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.
Virginia is given one electoral vote for each Virginia congressional
district, in addition to one electoral vote for each of the two
Virginia Senators. In other words, the number of electoral votes
Virginia has depends on how many Representatives Virginia has in
Washington, D.C.
The number of Senators Virginia has does not change, but the number of
Virginia congressional districts is based on the last census.
Like every other state, Virginia has 2 Senators. Furthermore, Virginia
currently has 11 congressional districts. Thus, Virginia has a total of
13 Representatives in Washington, D.C.
Therefore, the answer to the question "How many electoral votes does Virginia have?" is 13.
|
|
