What is the Electoral College and how does it determine the president? What to know amid popular vote results
The Electoral College is how the president of the United States is elected. In the U.S., there are 538 votes up for grabs between all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To win the election, a candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes which is the majority of the College.
What is the Electoral College? Here's what to know, including how many votes Arizona gets
Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. When casting your vote in the 2024 election, you are deciding which presidential and vice presidential candidate to allocate your state's Electoral College votes to.
California has 54 electoral votes. Here's how the Electoral College works for the state.
California has the most electoral votes of any state — 54. Here's how the Golden State will affect the Electoral College in upcoming presidential election.
How Many Electoral College Votes Do the Seven Battleground States Have?
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.
What is the Electoral College? What to know for Election Day 2024
One of the most, if not the most, vital parts of Election Night is a famous number: 270. These are the Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win the presidency. The system has been around since our first election when George Washington carried all ...
How many Electoral College votes does your state have for the 2024 election? This map will show you.
It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College​. This map shows how many votes each state gets in 2024.
Electoral College Map Forecast: Three Different Projections Based on Polls
It will take 270 electoral votes to win the 2024 presidential election. Joe Biden triumphed in 2020 with 306 votes by winning the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin from Donald Trump.
The world is trying to make sense of the U.S. electoral college
The United States has a distinctive system by which presidents are elected indirectly. Every four years, the world tries to figure it out.
Map shows how many Electoral College votes your state has in 2024
It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College​. This map shows how many votes each state gets in 2024.
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.
How many Electoral College votes are at stake in the 7 swing states tonight?
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are fighting tonight to get to a magic number: 270. That’s the number of Electoral College ...
Why do we have the Electoral College? The history of and arguments against the institution
But determining the winner is not as simple as totaling up how many people voted for Vice President Kamala Harris or former ...
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What happens if there is a tie in the Electoral College between Harris and Trump
As voters head to the polls in the 2024 election, there remains a possible but unlikely scenario that Vice President Kamala ...
How many Electoral College votes does Missouri have? And how are electors picked?
Stacks of “I Voted” stickers are set out for voters on a table at Country Club Christian Church on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in ...
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2024 Electoral College map, results: How to follow live election coverage
Election Day is here and all eyes are now on the Electoral College map. If you are planning to vote in person, it's ...
States prepare for Electoral College violence: 'The threat of domestic terrorism is too great'
Even as they enter the final sprint of the presidential election, U.S. officials are preparing for violent challenges to the ...
The Electoral College Makes the U.S. a Laughingstock | Opinion
Many Americans don't want to hear it, but the Electoral College is a uniquely damaging system that wildly distorts the will ...
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How has the Electoral College survived, despite being perennially unpopular?
Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a ...