Whether the Electoral College is fair or necessary is subject to fierce debate that in some ways dates back to its founding.

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

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

With Election Day 2024 upon us and millions of Americans already casting their votes, here's what to know about the Electoral ...

The actual outcome of the 2024 presidential election will be determined by the Electoral College. The Conversation U.S. has ...

A majority of Americans — more than 60% — support abolishing the Electoral College, according to a September report by the ...

In 2016 and 2020 Donald Trump lost the popular election by several million votes. But in 2016 he won in the Electoral College ...

The winner of the 2024 presidential election in Texas will capture all 40 of the state's votes in the Electoral College. Texas' 40 electoral votes are the second-most of any state, behind only ...

For starters, the name is deceptive. The Electoral College is not a group of people, but rather a “process” that consists of ...

The Electoral College was the result of a compromise devised among 11 men at the Constitutional Convention in the hot Philadelphia summer of 1787. It was meant as a protective measure against rule ...

The Founding Fathers established the Electoral College at 1787’s Constitutional Convention, lifting the concept from the Holy Roman Empire, which established the method in the year 962 ...

The following account illuminates why such proposals were defeated, why the Electoral College was adopted instead, and the prospects of a national popular vote in the future. The convention ...