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

It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2024 presidential election. Joe Biden triumphed in 2020 with 306 votes by winning ...

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

There are 538 votes in the Electoral College and it takes 270 — a majority — to win the presidency. So far, CBS News projects Trump has secured 301. The race between Trump and Harris came down ...

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have spent months traveling the country on the 2024 presidential election campaign trail, vying for America's vote to move into the ...

But determining the winner is not as simple as totaling up how many people voted for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, because of the Electoral College. The Electoral ...

The 2024 electoral map closely resembles Donald Trump's 2016 presidential election victory over Hillary Clinton.

With Election Day finally here, it's time to delve into the rules behind the Electoral College and how it decides the who will be the next president. The Electoral College, which was first created ...

Much discussion about the Electoral College’s merits rests on thinly veiled partisan hopes. Democrats harbor frustration at the prospect of winning more popular votes than Republicans in a loss ...

But in the United States’ unusual election system, there are in essence two counts —the popular vote and the results in the electoral college. The popular vote is your vote — the votes of ...

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 ...