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The table provides a list of U.S. electoral votes by state.

Total: 538. Majority needed to elect the president and vice president: 270.
Electoral votes by state
state number of votes state number of votes
*Although not a state, the District of Columbia is allotted electors.
Alabama 9 Montana 4
Alaska 3 Nebraska 5
Arizona 11 Nevada 6
Arkansas 6 New Hampshire 4
California 54 New Jersey 14
Colorado 10 New Mexico 5
Connecticut 7 New York 28
Delaware 3 North Carolina 16
District of Columbia* 3 North Dakota 3
Florida 30 Ohio 17
Georgia 16 Oklahoma 7
Hawaii 4 Oregon 8
Idaho 4 Pennsylvania 19
Illinois 19 Rhode Island 4
Indiana 11 South Carolina 9
Iowa 6 South Dakota 3
Kansas 6 Tennessee 11
Kentucky 8 Texas 40
Louisiana 8 Utah 6
Maine 4 Vermont 3
Maryland 10 Virginia 13
Massachusetts 11 Washington 12
Michigan 15 West Virginia 4
Minnesota 10 Wisconsin 10
Mississippi 6 Wyoming 3
Missouri 10