100 from the U.S. Senate

435 of the U.S. Representative

and 3 from the Washington D.C. (from one of the 20th+ Amendment I forgot)

Okay

Now each State begins with 2 electoral votes

as each state has 2 senators

Now for the U.S. House of Representative

Each state begins with AT LEAST 1 electoral vote

per house of representative

Okay than

Thankx

now this numbers increases

per population

so each state should have at least 3 electoral vote

Makes sense

and if you have the most people in a state

you get the most votes

which you get 55 electoral votes in California

Texas gets 38 electoral votes

NOW

This isw here it gets tricky

Almost all states use a winner-take-all

Alright I'm listening

beside Maine

I'll talk about Maine later

Now in a winner-take-all system

It's whoever receives the most vote (not a majority, but a plurality)

IN a state

So let's take 2016 election

If Texas had 1,000,000 votes for Hillary Clinton

but Texas had 1,000,001 votes for Donald Trump

Texas give all of their 38 electoral votes to Donald Trump

Winner-takes-all

Damn

which is why popular vote doesnt matter

you can have 5 million californians bonus vote to your popular vote count

but their electoral votes will not be counted as strongly as someone from texas

Or Wyoming

exactly

Wyomingetes have the most power

Now for Maine