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How many total electoral votes are there?

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Question: How many total electoral votes are there?
Answer: 538. This number no longer increases because the number of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate does not change. Instead, every ten year with the new census, the number of electors shifts from states who have lost population to states who have gained population.

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