The next presidential election is still three years away, but the constant shift in Illinois’ Electoral College vote has been ...

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors; a majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the president. Each ...

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

The House floor convenes before a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021. More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in ...

A big-picture question in our current political climate is: Does the Electoral College truly represent the people of the U.S.? And if we were to abolish it, would elections be more fair and inclusive?

While the popular vote took place in November, state electors cast their official vote for their respective candidates on Dec. 17. The popular vote and electoral vote usually mirror each other to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- There were many protesters but few faithless electors as Donald Trump won the Electoral College vote Monday - ensuring he will become America's 45th president. An effort by ...

Democrats should stop scapegoating the system for their shrunken popular clout, and instead make the hard strategic shifts necessary to win it back. That Donald Trump managed to win both the electoral ...

Clinton's lead in the popular vote prevents GOP from claiming a referendum. — -- For the sixth time in the last seven presidential elections, it appears that the Democratic candidate for ...