Jackson both won the popular vote and got the most votes in the electoral college, but lost the election anyway.

There is extensive evidence in our history revealing that attempts to disenfranchise the electorate are not a new problem.

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

In 1794, when he was 26-years-old, President George Washington appointed him as the U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. Years ...

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Campaign yard signs may not necessarily sway an election — research has shown the placards could make a difference of between 1 and 2 percentage points — but they likely won’t disappear anytime soon.

Political operatives like to say they only work when you are behind, ahead or even – in other words, all the time. Voters ...

The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is ...

In his recent article “The Democratic Subversion of Democracy,” Ben Shapiro decries how the Democratic Party is undermining ...

Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today. Author and history professor Rachel Shelden compares and contrasts the election of 1860 to today.

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall's presidential election, but the potential for noncitizens to register ...

Since 2020, a combined total of more than 700 years of on-the-job experience have left the job in Pennsylvania.