ELECTORAL VOTES 10

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MISSOURI

2010 Census Reapportionment: Missouri will lose one electoral vote, giving it 10 for the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.



Missouri gained statehood in August 1821. A Midwestern state bordering the south, Missouri is a true swing state with amazing historical accuracy at voting for the ultimate election winner. Since 1904, Missourians have gotten it wrong just twice – preferring Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, and John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008. This latter vote was by the slenderest of margins…49.4% to 49.3%, or about 3,900 votes out of 2.93 million cast. Like many Midwestern states, population growth has been slower in recent decades than the country as a whole, resulting in declining electoral influence. From a peak of 18 electoral votes just prior to the Great Depression, Missouri has been reduced to 10 today.