Why do we have the Electoral College? The history of and arguments against the institution
Why was the Electoral College created in the first place? Whether the Electoral College is fair or necessary is subject to fierce debate that in some ways dates back to its founding. The concept emerged during the Constitutional Convention, which took ...
Ahead of US election, the debate over the Electoral College is back in the spotlight
How the US chooses the president is under scrutiny as an increasing number of Americans favor scrapping the current system in favor of a popular vote.
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Election means first test for changes to electoral vote process
Election experts expect the main law enacted in response to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol to pass its first major test this year.
What is the Electoral College, how many electors does Michigan have?
Michigan has 15 electoral votes. The winner of the 2024 presidential race will need an additional 255 if they win Michigan.
What is the Electoral College? What to know for Election Day 2024
With the Election Day 2024 upon us and millions of Americans already casting their votes, here's what to know about a key piece of the election.
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.
What is the Electoral College and how does it work? How many votes does Ohio have?
With Election Day 2024 upon us and millions of Americans already casting their votes, here's what to know about the Electoral College.
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.
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Understanding the Electoral College: A Democracy Debate
The U.S. presidential election is a complex process that extends beyond the popular vote, leading to an ongoing debate about ...
Donald Trump Takes Iowa After Late-Campaign Poll Hinted That Kamala Harris Could Win
Following the Associated Press' latest projection, Trump leads the Electoral College with 210 votes to Harris' 112 votes ...
How does the Electoral College work?
This story was originally published in 2020. Each presidential election reignites an age-old debate on the Electoral ...
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Here's how many electoral votes each US state gets
States award electoral votes largely on a winner-takes-all basis, with a candidate needing a majority of 270 votes to win.
The US alone is saddled with an Electoral College. How did that happen?
The rest of the world finds this arrangement incomprehensible. Although the process varies in the details elsewhere, heads of ...
Trump-Harris Showdown Revives Debate On US' Electoral College
When political outsider Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential ...
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Mark Bennett: Birch Bayh tried to settle Electoral College debate decades ago
Debate over the enigmatic Electoral College process rekindles in almost every presidential election. It's hardly surprising.
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How has the Electoral College survived, despite being perennially unpopular?
Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a ...
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Commentary: The US alone is saddled with an Electoral College. How did that happen?
In 2016 and 2020 Donald Trump lost the popular election by several million votes. But in 2016 he won in the Electoral College ...
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