Former President Donald Trump, who defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election, holds a lead of about 4.6 million votes nationwide — but it's not the popular vote ...

The Electoral College, which was first created in 1787 by the Founding Fathers, was created as a compromise between picking a president through the popular vote or through Congress. It's meant ...

NBC News is tracking the remaining uncounted votes in key swing states. Use this page to see which counties have the most ballots yet to be counted, along with which party currently has more votes ...

The first results of the 2024 election day are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, with former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris splitting the tiny town's six votes.

While Minnesotans voting on Election Day will cast their vote on paper ballots, electronic equipment is used to count ballots. All ballot tabulators used in Minnesota are optical scan ...

After months of campaigning, a candidate swap and plenty more news, Election Day is here and votes are being counted. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are facing off ...

The US presidential election is not decided by which candidate wins the most votes nationally, but by who wins the most so-called Electoral College votes. Winning a state means a candidate ...

The founding fathers created this system as a compromise between the popular vote, directly among citizens, and a congressional vote. Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.

In the last presidential election, 69% of the 158 million total votes were cast before Election Day either through the mail, which included mail ballots dropped off in person, or at early voting ...

But once you press the "vote" button on the ballot box, do you know who is responsible for counting and certifying your vote? Here's everything you need to know about how your selection becomes an ...

After months of campaigning, the Republican president and vice president candidates cast their votes Tuesday morning. Former President Donald Trump has cast his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida and ...