The popular vote says one thing—but the Electoral College can say another. Here’s why that matters more than ever.

The city wants to gauge voters’ interest in bringing back three at-large seats, which a judge says invites the public to make a system that violates the voting rights of minorities.

Pratik Chougule wants to make wagering on politics as popular and legal as wagering on sports. Is that all in good fun—or a ...

Elon Musk launched the "America Party" Saturday, calling for an end to the “uniparty" system after President Donald Trump ...

California independence movement is gaining momentum, with fresh 2025 YouGov poll results revealing that most Californians ...

The “presidential lean” of a state can, over time, tell us something about how it is trending.— Though 2004 and 2024 produced similar topline national results, there has been some significant change ...

From Sanders to Mamdani and Trump to Vance, parallel insurgencies reshape America’s political, economic, and institutional ...

Ben Sheehan unpacks the Electoral College's intricate complicated history and current complexities in this episode of “Civics Made Easy.” ...

The Electoral College, which was first created in 1787 by the Founding Fathers, was created as a compromise between picking a president through the popular vote or through Congress.

Pennsylvania lawmakers are proposing legislation to join the national popular vote movement. The compact would award Pennsylvania's electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the ...

The United States works as a Republic using the Electoral College system versus a democracy using the popular vote to elect the president and vice president.

Supporters of the Electoral College claim less populous states will be ignored if we move to a nationwide popular vote. But they already are passed over now because of the Electoral College.