A cynical and impossible scheme — suits pressed while you wait! Doubtless there are worse ideas than ditching the Electoral College in favor of electing American Presidents by popular vote. But it ...

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

Why do voters in some U.S. states have more sway? What is the electoral college? Answers to 2024 election questions for readers outside the United States.

The Cycles of American History foresaw American voter dealignment, and an electronic age that would see voters prioritize ...

What is the Electoral College and how does it work? The college is the way American voters indirectly choose the next president and vice president through each state's electors.

The American founders are justifiably famous for their political wisdom. So why did they build the strange contraption called the electoral college?

Most American historians oversimplify the origins of the College when they write that the constitutional draftsmen of 1787 did not trust the people to choose a President directly.

A handful of swing states are once again the focus of a high-stakes election, where electoral votes will decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins. Americans are gearing up for yet another ...

On the contrary, they must be addressed because they are—and I mean this literally—anti-American. Not for nothing is the country called the United States of America.

I love American and world history, but the Electoral College system that elects the President of the United States has always confused me. This past week, Heather Cox Richardson, a professor of ...

In 2000 and 2016, the winners of the popular vote lost their bids for U.S. president after receiving fewer Electoral College votes than their opponents. To continue tracking how the public views the U ...

As the dust clears, the American people should understand a few things: First, though the Electoral College is prescribed in the Constitution, it’s not a democratic treasure.