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 ...

The certification of Electoral College votes for the state of Arizona is unsealed (Andrew Harnik/AP) Each state’s electors vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in that state.

Presidential elections in the U.S. aren't decided by popular vote. They are instead determined by the Electoral College. Here's how it works.

The byzantine Electoral College system has ... off the collected votes to Congress for its January 6 counting and certification of the electoral votes. In its simplest form, while still not ...

Once the polls close, the process of picking the next president will continue on through Inauguration Day. Here are the 9 ...

The Electoral College is the unique American system of ... Once a state’s electors have certified the vote, they send a certificate to Congress. Congress then formally counts and certifies ...

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 ...

That's because the election is decided through the Electoral College, rather than the popular vote. The system gives electoral votes to each state and the District of Columbia. Each state's number ...

But determining the winner is not as simple as totaling up how many people voted for Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump, because of the Electoral College. The Electoral ...

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 ...

The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It's a 538-member group that elects a president.