Each State is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each State's population as determined in the Census).
<em>The number of electors your state receives depends on the number of elected officials of your state.
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An official is a member who has been chosen by a public election. Elected officials are found at the federal, state, and local levels.
Each state receives a number of electors that is equal to the amount of the members of Congress the state is assigned The case of Washington D.C. is different because it receives the number of electors as receives the state with fewer people living on it.
