what do the numbers associated with each state represents in addition to electoral votes

The number is dispersed regarding the number of people in each state. This number renovates when is checked every 10 years through a census.

The Electoral College is a process that selects the meeting of the electors when there is an election for President and Vice President. The College also counts the electoral votes by Congress.

The Electoral College has 538 electors. To elect a President it is required 270 electoral votes. A state’s allotment of electors must be the same number of its members in its Congressional delegation. This means one for each member in the House of Representatives and two for the Senators.  

according to hess's theory, when the magma cooled, it would expand and push the tectonic plates apart. it would push the north and south america plates to the west and eurasia and africa ones to the east. the atlantic ocean would get wider but the coastlines of the masses would stay the same.

harry hammond hess was a geologist and a united states navy officer in the second world war. he is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the theory of plate tectonics. he is known for his theories on sea floor spreading, stating that the movement of the continents was the result of see floor spreading. the continents are attached to the plates and do not move separately. the plates themselves shift and change shape, carrying the continents along.