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

Though America is in its 47th presidency (with many presidents serving multiple terms), just five times has a candidate won ...

The Senate voted 18-16 against having Maine leave the multistate compact it joined last year pledging to give all of its electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate wins the popular vote ...

As she presided over New York’s Electoral College vote on Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for the Electoral College to be replaced with a national popular vote. “It’s time to amend the Constitution ...

Harris won all 17 states, plus D.C., that already are part of the compact. Those states and the nation’s capital would have had to give their electoral votes to Trump under the agreement.

The would kick in once enough states join the compact to decide a presidential election, and as of this year, National Popular Vote legislation has become law in 17 states and D.C.

The electoral college — not the national popular vote — determines who’s in and who’s out of the White House every four years.

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 ...

Since most states are reliably red or blue, candidates focus on what are called the swing states or battleground states to reach the goal of 270 Electoral College votes and a win.

The 17 states in the compact, as well as Washington D.C., have agreed to allocate their electors to the winner of the national popular vote. But that would only take effect when enough states join it.

The most recent push to move away from the Electoral College is the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which has been agreed on by 17 states and the District of Columbia.