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

Donald Trump will be the 45th and 47th President of the United States, but formalities still need to be followed.

Delegates who attended the convention came from large states ... slave-holding states could have considerable power in the ...

In the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Texas had 38 electoral votes. In 2004 and 2008, Texas had 34 electoral ...

The Electoral College is made up of 538 elected members, one for each U.S. senator and U.S. representative, plus three for ...

The Electoral College ensures that even the most sparsely populated states have an effect on the final result (Wyoming, ...

The presidential election is over, which means the Electoral College will need to finalize the process. Learn who casts Texas ...

The United States’ presidential election system has been a source of contention since the delegates to the Constitutional ...

Here's why presidential candidates have to concentrate on a handful of swing states and why the winner of the popular vote ...

Residents of Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens, but they can't vote in presidential general elections. That’s because territories ...

the U.S. president is chosen by the electoral college – a delegate-based process that does not always align with the popular vote. Here’s how it works and why we have it. When America was ...

These electoral votes are crucial ... votes overall — were rejected by many state Constitutional Convention delegates who feared the “uninformed” masses were not wise enough to make such ...