The coalition the Democratic Party built in the Obama years has crumbled. But Democrats can choose how to respond.

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a ...

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000. Even when neither captured the popular vote.

Presidential elections in the U.S. aren't decided by popular vote. They are instead determined by the Electoral College. Here ...

Maybe it would be a good thing if the former president won the popular vote for once—as long as he doesn’t win the election.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain locked in a dead heat in national and battleground state polls, with all eyes on who will clinch the Electoral College. Here is ...

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris go head-to-head at the ballot boxes across America today, ...

The American president is chosen by the Electoral College, not the popular vote. Here's why that is and how it works.

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect the president.

With Election Day approaching, the circus is in Racine County, Wisconsin — the political circus, that is. Well, a sideshow, at least. As I write this, I’m ...

Legendary Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes used to say there are three things that can happen with a forward pass, and ...

Andy Beshear said he thinks a popular vote system would be "a better form of democracy" than the Electoral College. Beshear made the remarks at his weekly Team Kentucky press conference ...