(Getty photos, of Harris by Justin Sullivan and of Trump by Chip Somodevilla) LINCOLN — If every state adopted Maine and ...

In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore lost the state of New Hampshire narrowly, by 7,211 votes. Under the state ...

The Electoral College gets even worse when candidates fall short of 270 electoral votes, as can happen with an Electoral College tie or if independents win states. Imagine the chaos if Congress ...

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a unique system to choose our president in 1787: the Electoral College. More than two centuries later, it remains an invaluable institution that helps ...

This memo from the Office of Legal Counsel was released January 17, 2024, but was written February 27, 2020 (i.e., late in the first Trump administration and well before Election Day). There is an ...

It’s going to get tougher and tougher for Democrats to win the Electoral College and the White House if present trends hold, new projections from the U.S. Census Bureau suggest. Democratic ...

He would have won the Electoral College 322-216 instead of 312-226. On the flip side, Democrat Joe Biden still would have won in 2020 with the projected map for the 2030s, but the margin would ...

Senate conservatives are pushing a bill that would reallocate the state’s four electoral votes, splitting them up instead ...

One New Hampshire state senator is hoping to change the Granite State’s distribution of electoral college votes ahead of the next presidential election. Senate Bill 11 would change the ...

Dan Greenberg: “Point: The Electoral College Protects Minority Views and Discourages Fraud.” ...

Debates over the filibuster tend to get theoretical fast. It’s there to protect minority interests, defenders say. Without it, majorities will run rampant. Lost in the back-and-forth is the reality ...

The Constitution Reform Commission, in its final report submitted to the chief adviser today (15 January), has recommended introducing a four-year term for presidents. The commission also recommends ...