the number of electoral votes for a president is equal
Each state gets one electoral vote for each member of the House of Representatives and two electoral vo â¦ tes for the number of Senators. The number of members in the House of Representatives was fixed at 435 in 1911 and there are two senators from each state, for a total of 535 votes from all of the states. The District of Columbia get 3 votes to make the grand total 538. It follows that the majority required to elect is 270 votes. (538/2 + 1 = 270) 538.