Forty-eight states have a winner-take-all system where the winner of the state's popular vote gets all of its electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska are the only states with a split ...

Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House. Five presidents in the history ...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz argued Tuesday that the US needs to do away with the Electoral College as Democrats worry about a repeat of 2016 that would see the Harris-Walz campaign winning the popular ...

In recent history, Ronald Reagan secured the largest Electoral College victory in 1984 when he won every state in the nation except Minnesota, the home state of his opponent, Walter Mondale.

Based on past elections, Mr. Trump starts out with 219 Electoral College votes, compared to 226 for Ms. Harris, with 93 votes up for grabs. It’s difficult to see how Mr. Trump could win the ...

Under Electoral College rules, a state has as many electors as it does members of Congress. In the case of Illinois, the state has 17 members of the House and two senators, giving it 19 Electoral ...

U.S. citizens living in the states from census counts that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris is the 2028 Democratic presidential primary frontrunner, according to a poll released ...

A look at the Electoral College and how it works, as Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris compete for the White House on Election Day, Nov. 5. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...