The United States Presidential Elections are run by a unique set of rules known as the Electoral Collage. Instead of being directly elected via the popular vote, President's campaign in individual states - for most states, if they win a state, they receive all of that state's electoral votes. Electoral votes are based indirectly on the states population - specifically, the number is determined by the amount of a state's entire Congressional delegation (Senators + Congressmen). That number changes every 10 years with a new US census.
So, off of our update of Pocket Trivia: US Presidents - What state has the 2nd most electoral votes? Is it Texas, Florida, California or Ohio?
The answer to this one is Texas. It's funny - you never hear about Texas (or California, for that matter) in the Electoral Collage because both of their votes are usually basically pre-determined - California hasn't been won by a Republican since 1988, and Texas by a Democrat since 1976. Ohio and Florida tend to swing back and forth. Anyway, in the 2008 elections, here are the top ten states:
1) California - 55
2) Texas - 38
3) New York - 31
4) Florida - 27
5 & 6) Pennsylvania & Illinois - 21
7, 8 & 9) New Jersey, North Carolina & Georgia - 15
10) Virginia - 13
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