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 electoral map now looks significantly different than it did prior to Donald Trump’s arrival on the political scene. The president-elect’s anti-establishment, Main Street–focused ...

R ather than electing the president using the popular vote, in the United States, the Electoral College officially elects the president. The Electoral College was created in 1787 as a compromise ...

A contentious debate is unfolding nationwide as Trump-aligned Republicans advocate for a U.S. Census that counts only ...

Donald Trump at a town hall on October 14, 2024, in Oaks, Pennsylvania. Trump is the favorite to win the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, according to 338Canada.

The United States has had 60 presidential elections, starting in 1789. New parties have come and gone, while new states expanded the electoral map. Maps show us how each state has voted over time ...

James Bickerton is a Newsweek U.S. News reporter based in London, U.K. His focus is on covering news and politics in Texas, as well as other general news across the United States. James joined ...

Arguments in the case centered on Louisiana's response to U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick's 2022 finding that an earlier map ...

You can follow all the latest US election results live on our interactive map below, which tracks changes in the key states that will decide the outcome. Most national polls have United States ...

The Electoral College is how the presidency of the United States is actually decided, with 538 total votes being cast as a representation of all 50 states, along with the District of Columbia ...

Ultimately, what happens with the popular vote doesn't matter in deciding who becomes president of the United States. Credit: TEGNA A map showing the Electoral College votes for each state in 2024.

In 1968, third-party candidate George Wallace won five states and 46 electoral votes, coming close to deadlocking the Electoral College and throwing the contest into the House of Representatives.