You may be wondering if your vote matters. Here's how the Electoral College works, how electors are chosen and how many votes Arizona gets.

In the United States, the president is the head of both state and government.) Germany uses an electoral college system based on the makeup of its legislative body, the Bundestag, to elect its president — but not the chancellor, who leads the government.

The Electoral College is how the president of the United States is elected. In the U.S., there are 538 votes up for grabs between all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To win the election, a candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes which is the majority of the College.

One of the quirks of the U.S. election process is that one candidate can win the popular vote but another can win the electoral vote and thus the presidency.

California has the most electoral votes of any state — 54. Here's how the Golden State will affect the Electoral College in upcoming presidential election.

The District of Columbia may not be a state, but thanks to the 23rd Amendment of the United States Constitution, it is given three electors and treated like a state for the purposes of the Electoral College.

How many electoral votes does Massachusetts have? Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes because it has nine U.S. House representatives and two U.S. senators. Like the overwhelming