A man looks at an electoral college map on the final day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18. (Joel Angel Juarez for The Washington Post) Kudos to Theodore R. Johnson for his ...

The outcome of the 2024 presidential election will likely hinge on what happens in seven key states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Together, around 48 ...

SACRAMENTO — Before this year’s presidential election slips into gloomy history, we should pause to slam our moldy, undemocratic vote-counting system called the electoral college. If Donald Trump had ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 ...

The Electoral College — our nation’s bizarre system that hands a few narrowly-divided states the privilege to choose our presidents — has been entrenched for two centuries. But a long-game effort from ...

Emily Mae Czachor is a reporter and news editor at CBSNews.com. She typically covers breaking news, extreme weather and climate. Emily Mae previously wrote for outlets like the Los Angeles Times, ...

You might think that in America, whoever wins the majority of votes in an election wins. But when it comes to presidential elections, that isn’t true. Look no further than Al Gore and Hillary Clinton ...

You’re reading the Prompt 2024 newsletter. Sign up to get it in your inbox. Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are historically unpopular candidates. But voters have an ...

The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks to the Electoral College, that has happened five ...

After months of campaigning, a candidate swap and plenty more news, Election Day is here and votes are being counted. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are facing off to ...