House passes electoral law overhaul in response to Jan. 6 The House has passed legislation to overhaul the rules for certifying the results of a presidential election as lawmakers accelerate their ...

The Electoral College is a group of people chosen by each state who formally elect the President and Vice President of the ...

Imagine an election night scenario in which a presidential candidate wins only 12 states but wins the election because those ...

What is the Electoral College and why is 270 important? There’s an elector for every member of the House of Representatives (435) and Senate (100), plus an additional three for people who live ...

The Electoral College consists of 538 electoral votes, which are distributed amongst each state based on the number of ...

Congress and state governments have worked hard to prevent the aftermath of the 2024 election from descending into the chaos ...

During a presidential election in the United States, a candidate is not chosen based on their national popularity, but rather based on how many Electoral College votes they get. The Electoral ...

Winning in both is about understanding the rules of the game.

A key issue to understand about Electoral College is "it proportionately favors smaller states over larger states," says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school a U.C. Berkley. It would take ...

Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.