Musk faces a constitutional hurdle: born in South Africa, he is barred from running for President under Article II, Section 1 ...

Why did Al Gore lose despite winning more votes? Discover the complex and controversial role of the U.S. Electoral College ...

Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.

Madison lived to see “some messy episodes,” including the 1800 and 1824 elections, that redoubled his resolve. In 1801, President Jefferson and Vice President Burr tied in the Electoral College but ...

Since 1800, over 700 proposals to reform or abolish the Electoral College have been introduced in Congress, yet in only five elections over 236 years has the winner of the Electoral College ...

At present, as Timothy Noah points out, of the 10 smallest states, those with three or four electoral votes, only half tilt red. In actuality, the Electoral College is a phantom target.

The Electoral College is a process through which the United States elects its president, involving 538 electors. To secure victory, a presidential candidate must obtain at least 270 electoral votes.

The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy Adams, even though Andrew Jackson had won both the Electoral College.

In 1800, the House voted Thomas Jefferson into the presidency after he and Aaron Burr, who was installed as Jefferson’s vice-president, tied in the Electoral College.

That means Illinois has 19 votes in the Electoral College, or 19 "electoral votes." The District of Columbia, though it does not have senators or representatives, does receive three Electoral ...

Michigan lost a seat in Congress and an electoral college vote as a result of the 2020 Census. It marked the fifth consecutive Census that Michigan lost a Congressional seat.