How does voting work in America? Your guide to the Electoral College
In the Electoral College, each state gets ‘electors’ or votes based on its congressional seats (which is largely in line with its population size). Voters choose these electors tied to a specific candidate.
Why do we have the Electoral College?
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 College is a controversial step in the U.
How Many Electoral College Votes Do the Seven Battleground States Have?
Just 93 out of 538 electoral votes are likely to decide the presidential election. The seven swing states have a combined total of 93 Electoral College votes, or 17.3% of the total, with both candidates devoting huge amounts of time and money trying to win them.
Letters to the Editor: The U.S. has a democracy problem thanks to the electoral college
Multiple issues poll at two-thirds support among voters, but little gets done. The electoral college deserves blame. We need constitutional reform.
Minnesota has 10 electoral votes. Here's how the Electoral College works for the state.
The 2024 election will be decided by the Electoral College, and Minnesota's 10 votes may or may not be part of the path to victory for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump.
How the U.S. elects its presidents: The Electoral College explained
Every four years, U.S. citizens cast their votes in favor of the next commander in chief; however, while every vote counts, it is ultimately the Electoral College that determines who will be the next U.
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How does the Electoral College work and why will it decide the next president?
The idea of the Electoral College emerged during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as a middle ground between two ...
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Electoral College: History of US Voting Bloc, How It Works and Why It Matters in Harris-Trump Duel
As Vice President Kamala Harris faces former president Donald Trump for the presidency in 2024, the US Electoral College will ...
The Debate That Gave Us the Electoral College
Attendees look at a map of the U.S. electoral college during the ... The 2016 election is a prime example. At the ...
What is the Electoral College and why is 270 so important?
The Electoral College ensures that even the most sparsely populated states have an effect on the final result (Wyoming, ...
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There's nothing ‘democratic’ about dumping the Electoral College
If America were to move to a national popular vote, presidential candidates would be selected by the population of the three or four highest-density population states, while the lower-population ...
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A rare copy of the US Constitution sells for $9 million at auction in NC
The copy was printed after the Constitutional Convention finished drafting the proposed framework of the nation’s government in 1787 and sent it to the Congress of the ineffective first American ...
How does the Electoral College work? A simple explanation for the 2024 presidential election
Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election.
The Electoral College: Why do we have it and how does it — or doesn't it — work
Here's why presidential candidates have to concentrate on a handful of swing states and why the winner of the popular vote ...
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What to Know About the Electoral College
The Electoral College is made up of 538 elected members, one for each U.S. senator and U.S. representative, plus three for ...