In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the US presidential election, but Donald Trump still became president. This was because of the Electoral College—a system unique to the US where the ...

Here is how the U.S. got the electoral college to pick a president and how it works.

Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping all ...

Here’s a little factual nugget that never fails to baffle: American voters do not directly elect the president. Yes, you read that correctly: The U.S. president is not chosen through a one-person, one ...

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila ...

Ballots await unsealing during a joint session of Congress to certify the electoral college votes of the 2024 presidential election on Jan. 6 last year. (Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post) A ...

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Ben Sheehan provides a comprehensive exploration of the Electoral College. Ben Sheehan unpacks the Electoral College's intricate complicated history and current complexities in this episode of “Civics ...