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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.