The Electoral College is an arcane, complicated institution that has endured for more than 200 years (Getty Images) Your support helps us to tell the story Read more ...

The annual British Social Attitudes survey (BSA) has been tracking public attitudes to electoral reform (and other issues) ...

Those in favor of the Electoral College generally note its written into the nation's founding document and has largely worked since then. "Many aspects of the Constitution have not been changed ...

Pennsylvania’s 19 Republican electors submitted ballots in support of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on Tuesday at the state Capitol in Harrisburg.

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.

Senate pages carrying Electoral College ballot boxes at the Capitol on Jan. 7, 2021. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images The vote for president is a popularity contest, with a big twist.

There are 538 total electoral votes given to each of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. based on how many members of Congress it has in Washington. Candidates need 270 votes to win.

The way Americans choose their president is wonky at best and antidemocratic at worst. Here’s what to know about the history of the Electoral College.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by less than 2 percentage points in Brazil’s cliffhanger presidential election, the narrowest margin in the country’s modern history.

Now exasperation with the ruling class is the iron law of electoral politics. According to Gallup , it’s now been three years since at least 30 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with ...

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