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Originally Posted by Catfish
If - by pure number of "inhabitants" - a bigger state in the US has less say in elections (=less presidential electors), by which definition or by which law does it have less presidential electors than a smaller state? Economical strength? Tradition?
I mean what is the key to how many presidential electors a state has?
Does this change, or is the number fixed?
Who decides or decided (centuries ago?) how many?
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The number of each state's electors is equal to the sum of the state's membership in the Senate and House of Representatives; currently there are 100 senators and 435 representatives.
Each state has two Senators and the number of Representatives is decided by population.