In a momentous week for the state and America, Mainers, including Batesies, cast their ballots for local, statewide, and ...

Abolishing it wouldn’t undermine state sovereignty in the least.

The Electoral College, a compromise between the founders of the Constitution, has allowed states to select their own electors ...

Though not the primary concern of the founders, large-population states dominating federal policy is kept under control by ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...