It’s a defining feature of our constitutional republic, not to mention a confusing and highly controversial one. Here’s what ...

WASHINGTON – WHY IS IT THAT ONE CANDIDATE CAN WIN THE POPULAR VOTE BUT ANOTHER WINS THE ELECTORAL VOTE AND THUS THE PRESIDENCY? That’s how the framers of the Constitution set it up. This unique system ...

Congressional clerks pass the Electoral College certificate from the state of Ohio while unsealing and organizing all the votes from the 50 states in the House of Representatives chamber at the U.S.

The year is 2032. Studying the Electoral College map, a Democratic presidential candidate can no longer plan to sweep New Hampshire, Minnesota and the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Michigan, ...

If you're planning on casting your vote today, you may be wondering how exactly elections work in the United States of America or whether your vote matters. More specifically, what is the Electoral ...

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SACRAMENTO — Before this year’s presidential election slips into gloomy history, we should pause to slam our moldy, undemocratic vote-counting system called the electoral college. If Donald Trump had ...

Snow shovels replaced riot gear on Capitol Hill on Monday and de-icing materials dotted the sidewalks that four years prior were stained by bear and pepper spray, as Congress made Donald Trump’s ...