My maths would lead me to around 85 votes, did a proportion between CA's 39M population and their 55 votes and Italy's 60.2M pop. That would be a LOT, not that it would matter anyway since we'll never be part of the US, but the comparison is surprising.
Two things. 1) If you added Italy as a state, the US population would be around 388 million, not the 328 it's currently at. 2) Electoral college votes are based on the number of house and senate seats a state has. Only the house seats are allocated based on population, as each state gets two senate seats no matter how small or large it is. So my math would be (60/388) * 435 = 67.26 house seats + 2 senate seats = 69.26 would be electoral votes.
Oh shit you're right I missed the fact total population would increase that's dumb of me. It would dilute and lower all other state's numbers by proportion too obviously.
I'm curious about something, if Italy was a state in the US, with our current 60.2 M residents, how many electoral college votes would it have?
My best guess would be 69-70 votes.
My maths would lead me to around 85 votes, did a proportion between CA's 39M population and their 55 votes and Italy's 60.2M pop. That would be a LOT, not that it would matter anyway since we'll never be part of the US, but the comparison is surprising.
Two things. 1) If you added Italy as a state, the US population would be around 388 million, not the 328 it's currently at. 2) Electoral college votes are based on the number of house and senate seats a state has. Only the house seats are allocated based on population, as each state gets two senate seats no matter how small or large it is. So my math would be (60/388) * 435 = 67.26 house seats + 2 senate seats = 69.26 would be electoral votes.
Oh shit you're right I missed the fact total population would increase that's dumb of me. It would dilute and lower all other state's numbers by proportion too obviously.