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

Changing the Electoral College would require a constitutional amendment, so it is not something that can be adjusted easily. Whether Americans love it or not, this system is here to stay.

"The one person, one vote idea has really taken hold in the United States over time, and the Electoral College does not meet that," said Burden. "Votes are unequal. Some voters matter a lot more ...

Forty-eight states have a winner-take-all system where the winner of the state's popular vote gets all of its electoral votes. Maine and Nebraska are the only states with a split ...

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 ...

The Electoral College was devised at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It was a compromise between those who wanted direct popular elections for president and those who preferred to have ...

When Argentina jettisoned its electoral college in 1995, the United States remained the sole democratic nation that elects a president via an electoral college. open image in gallery.

What is the Electoral College? The Electoral College is a 538-member body that elects a president. The framers of the Constitution set it up to give more power to the states and as a compromise to ...

In 48 of the 50 states, the Electoral College operates in a winner-take-all system, meaning whichever candidate wins in the popular vote in that state gets all of its electoral votes.

Michigan has 15 electoral votes. Here's how the electoral college works. Michigan lost a seat in Congress and an electoral college vote as a result of the 2020 Census. It marked the fifth ...