The Electoral College system is embedded in the U.S. Constitution, with Article II, Section 1 reading that “each state shall appoint” electors to select the president, who then meet in their ...

It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College . This map shows how many votes each state gets in 2024.

Presidential elections in the U.S. aren't decided by popular vote. They are instead determined by the Electoral College. Here ...

It's not the popular vote that decides who wins the presidency — it's the outcome of the Electoral College . This map shows how many votes each state gets in 2024.

Washington state has 12 electoral votes, ... The Electoral College has 538 votes, a system upheld for decades. Presidential candidates must secure 270 electoral votes to win the White House.

Washington, D.C. also has three Electoral College votes. There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs and in order to win the presidency, a candidate has to secure 270 of them.

The largest state, California, gets 54 Electoral College votes. Although Washington D.C. does not have any members of Congress, it still receives three Electoral College votes. What happens if ...

To the editor — Just as the federal Electoral College prevents a few select states from controlling national politics, would a similar system prevent a few select counties from controlling ...

Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to Harris' 226. See state-by-state results here and below. Nationally, Trump also won the popular vote , winning 77.2 million votes to Harris' 75 million.

Washington's 2024 Electoral College meeting was part celebration of democracy as it currently exists and part call for a change that would eliminate such gatherings in the future.