Ultimately, however, the 237-year-old Electoral College determines who wins the White ... A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. In U.S. history, only five presidents have ...

After voters cast their ballots in November, the candidate who wins the popular vote determines which slate of electors — Republican, Democrat or a third party — will cast electoral votes in ...

Related: How many electoral votes does each state have? After voters cast their ballots in November, the candidate who wins ...

Complete coverage See election results across the U.S. Electoral votes are determined by population. The Census determines how many people there are in a state, which determines how many members o ...

After all the votes have been tallied, the candidate with the most individual ballots cast in their favor has won the popular vote. The Electoral College determines the winners of presidential ...

if states with enough electoral votes go the other way. This system also means candidates end up focusing a disproportionate amount of their time and funds on campaigning in a small number of ...

The race would go to Congress, where Republicans would likely have an advantage. In the United States, we elect our president and vice president using the Electoral College rather than the ...

But one potential reading of the amendment is that Trump doesn’t have to win 270 Electoral College votes but just a majority of however many electors show up. Trump’s goal, I believe ...

What would the “state” of Canada do with its electoral votes? Re: “Prime Minister’s Liberal Party wins election upended by Trump,” April 29 news story If Canada were annexed, it would ...

you’d be content that your state’s Electoral College votes would be cast for Trump, right?” This usually produces a certain amount of stuttering and foot shuffling and the circumstantial but ...

In all states, except Maine and Nebraska, the “winner-take-all” principle determines which candidate receives all of the state’s electoral votes. This means that if one presidential ...

Electoral votes are determined by population. The Census determines how many people there are in a state, which determines how many members of Congress a state has — which is the same number of ...