Below is a chart that shows the number of Electoral Votes (EV) that each state gets. The bigger the state’s population, the more votes it gets. Forget the numbers in parentheses. They show how the numbers have changed since the last election. The candidate that gets 270 votes wins the Presidency. What are the fewest number of states necessary to get 270 votes? List those states. (In other words, which states get you to 270 the quickest?)
Alabama
9
Indiana
11
Nebraska
5**
South Carolina
9 (+1)
Alaska
3
Iowa
6 (−1)
Nevada
6 (+1)
South Dakota
3
Arizona
11 (+1)
Kansas
6
New Hampshire
4
Tennessee
11
Arkansas
6
Kentucky
8
New Jersey
14 (−1)
Texas
38 (+4)
California
55
Louisiana
8 (−1)
New Mexico
5
Utah
6 (+1)
Colorado
9
Maine
4**
New York
29 (−2)
Vermont
3
Connecticut
7
Maryland
10
North Carolina
15
Virginia
13
Delaware
3
Massachusetts
11 (−1)
North Dakota
3
Washington
12 (+1)
Florida
29 (+2)
Michigan
16 (−1)
Ohio
18 (−2)
West Virginia
5
Georgia
16 (+1)
Minnesota
10
Oklahoma
7
Wisconsin
10
Hawaii
4
Mississippi
6
Oregon
7
Wyoming
3
Idaho
4
Missouri
10 (−1)
Pennsylvania
20 (−1)
Washington, D. C.*
3
Illinois
20 (−1)
Montana
3
Rhode Island
4
Total electors
538
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