Why does New Hampshire have more electorial votes than Mississippi?
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New Hampshire's population is larger than Mississippi's :) Electoral representation is determined by the size of a state's population, not its geographical size.
592126
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi..this will help a lot
1093676
Massachusetts is the only state to offer marriage. Its going great here too, Several thousand marriages have taken place and...Its been a boon to the economy. Massachusetts has always been a leader in civil rights and is the smartest state acording to a federally conducted test. New Mexico is the last on the test.
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If you go back and review the begining of these parties you can see the differences.\n\nRepublicans tend to be more concerned about religion and commerce.\n\nDemocrats are more concerned about civil liberties and human rights.\n\nThe other parties dont fail to attract more voters, theyres simply variations of either rep. or dem. parties. Thats why theyre absorbed by them, and supported by them.\n\nIts simply just two school of thoughts. much like there are tw school of thoughts in any other aspect of life.
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I don't think statistics can provide a truly accurate answer for actual number of eligible voters.  During the presidential election, the democrats had thousands registered to vote that were actually resting in peace in our cemeteries across the U.S.  Although most of these votes are weeded out..........it makes you wonder how many get counted.
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I don't think that it is more people, it is people voting more than once.  In an election, you only get one vote in American Idol you can vote as many times as you can.
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We don't. Perhaps we did back when it took days travel between the states. Now that modern technology allows votes to be counted almost instantly, its a bit of an anachronism. \n\nElectoral votes could be portioned out and assigned right as the vote comes in, without the use of Electors. Giving each state two extra votes balances out the power disparity between small and large states. This means in some ways that people who live in a small state have a greater say in national politics, however this was done because of the Federal nature of our government. Power is divided between the State governments and National government. The use of Electoral votes balances things out somewhat.
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Actually there are two effects going on here, both of which result in New Hampshire having an earlier sunset.  One effect is exactly what your husband said.  The people on the western edge of a time zone will have later sunrises and sunsets than those on the eastern edge.  The other factor is that NH is farther North than GA, which means it will have shorter days in the winter.
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The Electoral College was established by the Constitution to provide a means to assure that all states would have an equal opportunity to affect the outcome of a presidential election.\n\nEach state sends electors to the College based upon the total number of its congressional representatives--two for its senators, and one for each House Of Representatives member it elects.  Since states with larger populations have more House members elected, those states have more electoral votes.  The total number of electoral votes is 538, which represents the total number of members in the House and Senate--including non-voting members from US territories.\n\nWhen you vote for president, what you actually are doing is voting for a slate of electors from that party who have pledged their votes to that candidate.  The candidate with the most votes in a particular state will actually send their particular slate of electors from that state to the Electoral College to cast their votes for that candidate.  That's what is meant by "(candidate) has picked up 3 electoral votes from Wyoming".  That candidate won that state and got their 3 electors from Wyoming selected.\n\nThe candidate who receives the majority of electoral votes--270--will become president, since those electors will cast their votes for that candidate.\n\nIn 2000, President Bush won states (including Florida) with large electoral vote amounts by very small popular vote margins, while Al Gore had bigger margins of victories in states with less electoral votes.  In the end, Gore won the popular vote, but Bush had the electoral votes.  The issue as to whether he in fact won Florida is a different topic for another time.
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It is the nickname of New Hampshire because of the amount of granite in the state.
1023091
much like canadian mp's, americans have the house of representatives.  each state is assigned a certain number of representatives based on population.  the number of state representatives is equal to the number of electoral votes the state has.  lets say new york has 30 reps and hawaii has 2.  that is because new york has 15 times the population of hawaii.  each state gets the same number of votes that they have representatives.  these are called electoral votes.  whichever candidate receives the most votes in a particular state, the candidate gets the number of electoral votes.  if  bush got 51% of votes in new york, even though nearly half the state didnt like bush, he would get all 30 votes.
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2,697,243\n\nIn terms of population by state, Mississippi is ranked 31st in the U.S.
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New Hampshire is a nice state.  But to be honest, I love the amenities & social progressive atmosphere of New York.  There is more in life that what this deprevation model--that exists in NH seems to afford.
202893
The Mississippi!  It has more major rivers that deposit into it than the Ohio has and it is much longer than the Ohio before they come together.
926839
The parties (Democrat and Republican) vote for their candidate they want to represent them!  The electoral college has a certain number of people according to the size of their state.  It adds up to 536 and the candidate needs 270 votes to win.  They try to get to get the higher populated states such as Florida, California, Ohio, and Texas so they win.  I believe the voter's votes are factored in also.
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It was put in place so that smaller states would have a voice in government. It is working as designed.  It was and is a brilliant idea to handle a complex problem. The distribution of electoral votes is based on the same formula as the distribution of seats in the Congress and Senate. The United States is a Republic and not a Democracy.
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These are two different questions.  Look up electoral college and constitutional amendment in a civics book or online.  As for what Kentucky should do, let them do what they want - Nebraska and Maine have already taken similar actions.