Elizabeth MacDonough was appointed to the role in 2012 by Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, Senate majority leader at the time.

All that counts is our ancient electoral college system, rooted in the Founders’ appeasement of Southern slave states. It’s beneficial, however, that Trump apparently also won the popular vote.

The Electoral College – explained Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House.

The Electoral College, while not complete itself, helps on these fronts. It maintains an important place for the states and thus maintains something of our battered and weak federalism.

If you ever watched Saturday morning cartoons and "Schoolhouse Rock," you may be familiar with taking your vote to college – the Electoral College. As the 2024 Presidential Election comes to a ...

Trump lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton but prevailed in the electoral college in 2016. Republican George W. Bush lost the popular vote in 2000 but defeated Democrat Al Gore.

Plus: Running the odds on Black voters and swing voters. A U.S. sovereign wealth fund? Closing messages.

Four years later, Joe Biden beat Trump by more than 4 points and 7 million votes in the popular vote, but his Electoral College win stood on a slew of narrow victories in key states. The 2016 and ...

Under the Electoral College, all 50 states and the District of Columbia are allocated a certain number of electoral votes equal to their two senators and their number of representatives.

And, in fact, a 224 to 212 doubly modified Electoral College victory for Clinton, in which she'd accrue 51.3% of these votes, is virtually identical to her 51.1% edge over Trump in the national ...

In Europe, Finland adopted an electoral college to elect its president in 1925, and France adopted an electoral college in 1958. Over time, however, these countries changed their minds.

Tim Walz called for the end of the Electoral College Tuesday. A National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has been enacted in some states but not all.