Opinion
What happens if presidents no longer think they need to win elections? And what if the public continues to question the legitimacy of the highest office?
Feb. 20, 2023
Top of the Ticket
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Oct. 7, 2008
Politics
Electoral college members can vote for the presidential candidate of their choice and aren’t bound by the popular vote in their states, a U.S. appeals court in Denver ruled.
Aug. 21, 2019
The electoral college overrepresents some states and underrepresents others, relative to their share of the population. Yet the skew is slight and did nothing to tip the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump.
Oct. 9, 2019
Better than amending the Constitution to get rid of the electoral college would be to divvy up votes proportionally based on the popular vote.
Sept. 6, 2019
No comparison can justify the U.S. keeping the electoral college, a way of electing presidents that goes against one person, one vote.
Feb. 18, 2020
They convened amid unusual scrutiny, widespread protests and rafts of speculation about efforts to alter the outcome, but, in the end, the nation’s 538 presidential electors mostly stuck to the script Monday, formally sealing Donald Trump’s victory with 304 votes in the electoral college, well above what he needed to capture the White House.
Dec. 19, 2016
Nov. 27, 2016
On Monday, 538 presidential electors will meet in their home states and Washington, D.C., in what is traditionally a formalistic footnote to the outcome of the November election.
Dec. 16, 2016
World & Nation
Biden aides say they hope Republicans will consider their own long-term interests — and the country’s — by accepting Trump’s defeat.
Dec. 14, 2020