So, for the third time in 4 decades, Republicans took the White House under illegitimate electoral circumstances. Even President Carter was shocked by the brazenness of that one and told me, on the ...

The Electoral College is a frequent target of criticism—with more attempts to amend or abolish it than any other feature in the Constitution.

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a system to choose our president: the Electoral College. More than two centuries later, it remains an invaluable institution that helps safeguard us ag… ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the Electoral College to be abolished despite Donald Trump’s popular vote win — as she presided Tuesday over New York’s vote for Kamala Harris’ doomed candidacy.

President-elect Donald Trump formally won the Electoral College Tuesday as Republican electors affirmed his victory in the Nov. 5 election — with the final certification by Congress on Jan. 6 ...

An end to the Electoral College would require a new amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That’s not an easy feat; it would require approval from two-thirds of Congress and at least 38 states.

When does the Electoral College vote? The meeting of the electors takes place on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December after the general election, according to the National ...

A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College As far back as the 1870s, The Nation opposed the existence of the Electoral College as “so grotesque as to be almost ludicrous.” ...

Because of the Electoral College, a candidate for president has always had to appeal to a broadly based coalition of states, regions, interests and voters.

A majority of Americans — more than 60% — support abolishing the Electoral College, according to a September report by the Pew Research Center. But the system has survived an unprecedented ...

1. A safeguard for democracy The Electoral College was the result of a compromise devised among 11 men at the Constitutional Convention in the hot Philadelphia summer of 1787.