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November 5th, Woodrow Wilson received more than six million
votes. His victory was even greater in the electoral vote.  How
is the electoral vote different from the other votes? Can you
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by Voting     The Electoral College is determined by the number
of House of Representative members plus senators. Each State at
the Minimum has 2 senators and 1 House of Representative. Each
State has 2 Senators so a total of 100 senators. There are 435
members of the house so it is a total of 538 Electoral votes
Washington DC has 3 electoral votes. The 435 members of the
house are determined by population and then divided into
districts. For example California has 55 electoral votes while a
smaller state like Vermont has 3. Every 10 years the United
States does a Census of the popula