Question

If the house of representatives must decide the election, what is each state given?

Answer 1

Answer:

Each state will be given with the number of electoral votes depended on their population.

Explanation:

The more population that a state has, the more amount of electoral votes that representatives from that state can cast. Currently, Unite States has around 538 electoral votes and it's spread out all across the states.

Let's examine Vermont and California as a comparison.

Vermont only has around 600,000 population. So the state only get 3 electoral votes out of that 538 total.  California has around 39.51 million population. This states get 55 electoral votes out of the 538 in total.