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

Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University; Prelaw Student at Bowling Green State University A woman at the Save Our States booth hands out an "I Love the Electoral College ...

The Electoral College has never really been popular with the American public. When the winner of the popular vote and electoral vote were different in 2000 and 2016, it made people more aware that ...

The Nation has opposed the Electoral College since at least 1876, ... Anyone looking for “a clear case of political sham and humbug,” The Nation argued, ...

All that counts is our ancient electoral college system, rooted in the Founders’ appeasement of Southern slave states. It’s beneficial, however, that Trump apparently also won the popular vote.

But if the Electoral College were to be based on representation in Congress, the Three Fifths Compromise’s amplification of Southern political power would carry over into choosing the president.

By contrast, though, Barry C. Burden, a political science scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, found that rather than protecting American democracy, the Electoral College system created ...

Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will need to secure at least 270 votes in the Electoral College to win the 2024 presidential election. Latest U.S.

The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it.. In two of the six presidential elections conducted ...

Plus: Running the odds on Black voters and swing voters. A U.S. sovereign wealth fund? Closing messages.

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Five hundred and thirty-eight Electoral College votes will soon be divided between this year's presidential nominees, and for CNN’s John King, the countdown is on. The network’s chief national ...