The popular vote says one thing—but the Electoral College can say another. Here’s why that matters more than ever.

In order to win, a candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes which constitutes the majority of the Electoral College. According to the National Archives, before a general election, each ...

Forty-eight states have a winner-take-all system where the winner of the state's popular vote gets all of its electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska are the only states with a split ...

The debate over who “counts” in America continues to intensify, with significant implications for the nation’s political ...

The Electoral College – explained 02:56. At state capitols across the U.S. Tuesday, the presidential electors will be gathering to cast their electoral votes, formalizing President-elect Donald ...

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz remained silent when pressed on his stance about eliminating the Electoral College, after the Harris campaign said his viewpoint was not an official campaign policy position.

It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College . This map shows how many votes each state gets in 2024.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz argued Tuesday that the US needs to do away with the Electoral College as Democrats worry about a repeat of 2016 that would see the Harris-Walz campaign winning the popular ...

The same will happen when Harris secures California’s Electoral College votes in November. Whether she wins the popular vote in the state by one vote or 5 million, she will only get 54 Electoral ...