In case you missed it, the scheme by special interest groups to replace the Electoral College with a so-called national popular vote may have just suffered a mortal blow — and it happened in a blue ...

Indian American presidential candidate Kamala Harris would probably have lost to Donald Trump making his third run for president in 2024 even if all Americans eligible to vote had cast ballots, ...

Winning the popular vote does not necessarily guarantee the presidency, thanks to the Electoral College. There have been five presidents who lost the popular vote but won the presidency. In 2016, for ...

A presidential candidate can win the Electoral College vote but lose the popular vote: it happened in 2016 and 2000, and several times in the 1800s.

A presidential candidate can win the Electoral College vote but lose the popular vote: it happened in 2016 and 2000, and several times in the 1800s.

WASHINGTON — 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. The Electoral College is the ...

The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. WASHINGTON — Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000 ...

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.

This happened most recently in 2016, when Hillary Clinton earned three million more overall votes than Donald Trump, who took the Electoral College, and the Oval Office, 304 to 227.

The Electoral College is made up of 538 electors — one for every representative and senator in Congress, plus three for the District of Columbia.

The presidential election is less than a week away, but there is more than one step to choosing the country’s next leader thanks to the Electoral College.

The Electoral College is different from the popular vote, and it has an outsized impact on how candidates run and win campaigns.