The "Big Seven": California - 55 votes Texas - 34 votes New York - 31 votes Florida - 27 votes Pennsylvania - 21 votes Illinois - 21 votes Ohio - 20 votes These states alone make up 209 College votes. The "Big Ten": Those above and . . . Michigan - 17 votes North Carolina - 15 votes New Jersey - 15 votes (Georgia is also 15 votes) 256 College votes (271 with Georgia). Total: 538; Majority Needed to Elect: 270 The Rest (just for giggles): Virginia - 13 votes Massachusetts - 12 votes Indiana - 11 votes Missouri - 11 votes Tennessee - 11 votes Washington - 11 votes Arizona - 10 votes Maryland - 10 votes Minnesota - 10 votes Wisconsin - 10 votes Alabama - 9 votes Colorado - 9 votes Louisiana - 9 votes Kentucky - 8 votes South Carolina - 8 votes Connecticut - 7 votes Iowa - 7 votes Oklahoma - 7 votes Oregon - 7 votes Arkansas - 6 votes Mississippi - 6 votes Kansas - 6 votes Nebraska - 5 votes Nevada - 5 votes New Mexico - 5 votes Utah - 5 votes West Virginia - 5 votes Hawaii - 4 votes Idaho - 4 votes Maine - 4 votes New Hampshire - 4 votes Rhode Island - 4 Alaska - 3 votes Delaware - 3 votes District of Columbia - 3 votes Montana - 3 votes North Dakota - 3 votes South Dakota - 3 votes Vermont - 3 votes Wyoming - 3 votes Allocation of Electoral Votes based on Census 2000