What is the Electoral College and how does it determine the president? What to know amid popular vote results
The Electoral College is how the president of the United States is elected. In the U.S., there are 538 votes up for grabs between all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To win the election, a candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes which is the majority of the College.
What to know about the Electoral College
Every four years Americans choose a president — but the winner isn't always the one who wins the popular vote. A candidate must win 270 votes in the Electoral College.
How does the Electoral College work? A simple explanation for the 2024 presidential election
Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election.
The world is trying to make sense of the U.S. electoral college
The United States has a distinctive system by which presidents are elected indirectly. Every four years, the world tries to figure it out.
What is the Electoral College? What to know for Election Day 2024
California has 54 electoral votes. Here's how the Electoral College works for the state.
California has the most electoral votes of any state — 54. Here's how the Golden State will affect the Electoral College in upcoming presidential election.
How Many Electoral College Votes Do the Seven Battleground States Have?
Just 93 out of 538 electoral votes are likely to decide the presidential election. The seven swing states have a combined total of 93 Electoral College votes, or 17.3% of the total, with both candidates devoting huge amounts of time and money trying to win them.
Letters to the Editor: The U.S. has a democracy problem thanks to the electoral college
Multiple issues poll at two-thirds support among voters, but little gets done. The electoral college deserves blame. We need constitutional reform.
Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes. Here's how the Electoral College works for the state.
How many electoral votes does Massachusetts have? Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes because it has nine U.S. House representatives and two U.S. senators. Like the overwhelming
What Is the Electoral College and How Does It Work?
And almost all states are winner take all, meaning whether a candidate wins a race by one vote or a million, they get the ...
What the Electoral College is, why we have it, and how it affects elections
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 this ...
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Presidential election 2024 live updates: First results in soon; follow electoral map
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Here’s a look at some American voting traditions ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election
In the United States, presidential elections take place every four years, but why does it happen on a Tuesday in November?
Long before Trump, Michigan has been an 11th-hour campaign stop for presidential hopefuls
In 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis even held a predawn Election Day event at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, shortly before the ...
Tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could lead to lengthy count
The key reason: Most of the seven swing states that will almost certainly determine the outcome of the presidential race have ...
Mike Johnson Can’t Stop The House From Certifying The Election — But He Can Try
The conditions of the 2024 electoral certification don’t hinge on Mike Johnson, but if Republicans take the House, he will be ...
Voting under way in key states with Trump and Harris neck and neck in polls
The United States is choosing its next president - with polls open in swing states Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North ...
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America decides today: Historic voter turnout, swing state battles, and race to 270 electoral votes
As the United States heads to the polls in a historic election today at 10:30 am IST. Americans will begin to cast their ...
Nevada election results 2024
The Washington Post uses vote count data from the Associated Press, which relies on a 50-state network of local reporters to gather election results directly from state, county and local elections ...