The United States has a distinctive system for electing presidents indirectly — a source of confusion for those following the ...
Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...
It's possible to become President of the United States without getting the most votes, thanks to the Electoral College. The system allocates 538 votes across the country, and a candidate needs a ...
Generally, states award all their electoral college votes to whoever wins the poll of ordinary voters in the state. For ...
In the United States, a candidate becomes president not by winning a majority of the national popular vote but through a ...
The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still ...
The American founders are justifiably famous for their political wisdom. So why did they build the strange contraption called ...
Arizona was that last state to be called by the Associated Press in the presidential race. It brings Trump's total electoral ...