It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College​. This map shows ...

Presidential elections in the U.S. aren't decided by popular vote. They are instead determined by the Electoral College. Here ...

The American president is chosen by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Here's why that is and how it works.

Ever wonder what the electoral college map would look like if someone just threw accuracy out the window and went for maximum ...

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election.

That has not happened in the modern era, but there are a few conceivable (if unlikely) paths across the Electoral College map ...

The quadrennial vote comes with a steep learning curve, as people and media outlets around the globe seek crash civics ...

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 ...

The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Tim Walz, told two audiences that the Electoral College should be abolished and ...

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Your support makes all the difference. The byzantine Electoral College system has, five separate times since America began, delivered the White House to a candidate who lost the popular vote.