There are 538 votes in the Electoral College and it takes 270 — a majority — to win the presidency. In the 2024 election, CBS News projects Trump has secured 312 to Harris' 226. The race ...

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

Matthew Hennessey asserts, “Without the founding compromises embedded in the Constitution, including but not limited to the Electoral College, the U.S. as we understand it today wouldn’t exist ...

However, the race won't be determined by who has the most votes, but by the Electoral College, a process through which Americans elect their president indirectly through state electors.

It's possible to become President of the United States without getting the most votes, thanks to the Electoral College. The system allocates 538 votes across the country, and a candidate needs a ...

Despite the fact that Donald Trump has apparently won a majority of the popular vote, most voters still want to get rid of the Electoral College. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone ...

After that, Electoral College members gather in each state capital in mid-December to cast their state's electoral votes for president and vice president. This year, that's set for Tuesday ...

That system, the Electoral College, balances the competing interests of large states with those of smaller states. By allocating electors based on a state’s cumulative representation in the ...