More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years. That archaic process, ...

President-elect Donald Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, holds a lead of about 2.5 million votes nationwide — but it's not the popular vote that ...

An Electoral College tie is unlikely, but not impossible, in a presidential race that appears to be neck and neck With the 2024 presidential election just days away, Democrat Kamala Harris and ...

After months of campaigning, a candidate swap and plenty more news, Election Day is here and votes are being counted. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are facing off to ...

The Electoral College is viewed as a democratic anachronism in modern-day America, yet it has persisted for over two ...

An electoral college is a system in which a body of electors selects a candidate for a particular office. The United States uses it to choose heads of state, but an electoral college is not uniquely ...

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Election Day is here and all eyes are now on the Electoral College map. If you are planning to vote in person, it's important to know where your polling precinct is located and what time it opens.

Election Day is underway and the polls are almost closed in Oklahoma, meaning it's time to delve into the rules behind the Electoral College and how it decides who will be the next U.S. president. The ...

It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie. If it did come to pass,... It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that ...

The Electoral College process is not a crime, but the FBI treated it as one to open a criminal investigation into then-former President Donald Trump, everyone around him, Republican lawmakers, ...