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 ...

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 ...

Votes tallied on Election Day tend to favor Republicans in a phenomenon known as the "red mirage," while a so-called blue ...

That’s really the problem with the Electoral College — it distorts our votes so that some weigh more than others. It’s institutionalized political inequality. Now, if I had the magic wand ...

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These are the Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win the presidency. The system has been around since our first election when George Washington carried all 69 electoral votes.

The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum ... prompting questions over what would happen if the Electoral College is tied. The Constitution has a solution.

In each state, political parties choose a slate of electors to represent them at the Electoral College. Because the process prioritizes winning the electoral votes of certain states rather than a ...

who are chosen by political parties in each state. And almost all states are winner take all, meaning whether a candidate wins a race by one vote or a million, they get the electoral votes.