Donald Trump was projected to become the 47th president early Wednesday, completing the most incredible political comeback in American history. Trump, 78, was on course for an Electoral College ...

One of Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will likely reach the benchmark of 270 electoral votes needed to become the 47th president soon after the last votes are cast Nov. 5. However, it is ...

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 ...

Early Wednesday, Trump became the first candidate to collect 270 electoral votes to win back the White House. U.S. News breaks down how those votes were won in each state. Interested in more ...

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

Donald Trump lost the popular vote in 2016 but still took the White House due to the Electoral College (AFP via Getty Images) “What we’re really saying here is if the Electoral College was ...

A majority of Americans — more than 60% — support abolishing the Electoral College, according to a September report by the Pew Research Center. But the system has survived an unprecedented ...

The Electoral College has received a lot of attention of late, leading many to question why it exists — and what it would take to remove it. In two of the six presidential elections conducted ...

(Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images) The country’s framers saw the Electoral College as a way to balance a lot of competing motivations, from the separation of federal powers to states not wanting to ...

Unlike his first Electoral College win in 2016, Trump is on track to win the popular vote this year — providing him an ...

Election Day is underway and the polls are almost closed in Oklahoma, meaning it's time to delve into the rules behind the Electoral College and how it decides who will be the next U.S. president.

However, while every vote is significant, the outcome is ultimately decided by the Electoral College, a system that some critics argue is outdated. The Electoral College is a complex system in ...