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So what is the Electoral College, specifically? It’s a group of hundreds of people called electors who speak for voters in their state. They are usually people involved with politics, like ...
In the unlikely event that there is a 269 to 269 tie in the Electoral College, a complicated process will begin to churn. First, the newly elected members of the House of Representatives would ...
Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to Harris' 226. See state-by-state results here and below. Nationally, Trump also won the popular vote, winning 77.2 million votes to Harris' 75 million.
The Electoral College is written into the Constitution, under Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, though the term "electoral college" itself does not appear in the document.
Ben Sheehan provides a comprehensive exploration of the Electoral College. Ben Sheehan unpacks the Electoral College's intricate complicated history and current complexities in this episode of ...
The Electoral College consists of each state's congressional delegation — one vote for each House member and senator — plus three votes for the District of Columbia. Credit: TEGNA.
The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted ...
Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.
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.
Momentum to replace the Electoral College got a boost in 1968, when Richard Nixon notched a razor-thin win of the popular vote — after earlier concerns that segregationist George Wallace’s ...
The Electoral College map may look a little different this year than the one you’re used to seeing — or at least the one from the last three presidential elections. Skip to content.
Voters visit Jennie Moore Elementary School to cast their ballot on June 11 in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. (Sam Wolfe for The Washington Post) The electoral college is gearing up for the fall semester. An ...