These are the Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win the presidency. The system has been around since our first election when George Washington carried all 69 electoral votes.

Less than a third of Americans want to keep the Electoral College, one survey found. Here's how this system is used to elect ...

With every new presidential election cycle, U.S. citizens ask themselves the same question, keeping in mind the power of the Electoral College: "Does my vote count?" Local and state officials ...

Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes because it has nine U.S. House representatives and two U.S. senators. Like the ...

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The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted ...

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have spent months traveling the country on the 2024 presidential election campaign trail, vying for America's vote to move into the ...