Why did Al Gore lose despite winning more votes? Discover the complex and controversial role of the U.S. Electoral College and how it determines the nation's president in this deep dive.

In case you missed it, the scheme by special interest groups to replace the Electoral College with a so-called national ...

The Electoral College – explained 02:56. At state capitols across the U.S. Tuesday, the presidential electors will be gathering to cast their electoral votes, formalizing President-elect Donald ...

Ga., on Thursday announced the introduction of a new bill which would limit the U.S. Census to only count American ...

The Electoral College is a controversial step in the U.S. election process that dates back to the 18th century. While there's a growing movement to try to get rid of it, ...

The electoral college is supposed to guarantee that populous states can’t dominate an election, but it also sets up a disparity in representation.

Forty-eight states have a winner-take-all system where the winner of the state's popular vote gets all of its electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska are the only states with a split ...

In order to win, a candidate needs to secure 270 electoral votes which constitutes the majority of the Electoral College. According to the National Archives, before a general election, each ...

After 2000 and 2016, you can't blame Democrats for hating the electoral college. But it would be a huge irony if they managed to ditch the system just as it began to once again tilt blue.

The Electoral College is a "winner take all" system because the winner of the popular vote in each state gets all of the state’s electoral votes, except in Maine and Nebraska, ...

The Electoral College has also awarded the presidency to candidates with a plurality of the popular vote (under 50 percent) in a number of cases, notably Abraham Lincoln in 1860, John F. Kennedy ...

The electoral college distorts the political process by providing a huge incentive to visit competitive states, especially large ones with hefty numbers of electoral votes.That's why Obama and ...