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The nationwide popular vote margin in 1880 was less than 10,000 votes, or just about .1 percent. Neither candidate had a majority, which is often the case in close presidential elections.

One consequence of the Electoral College is a practical respect for states, both their boundaries and their legislatures.

It is easy to forget that when we vote “for president,” we really vote for electors pledged to support the candidate we favor.

The Electoral College is under attack because it matters. Presidential elections determine who will direct federal agencies and appoint judges, but the process also shapes the rest of American politi…

In American history, there been just one consensus candidate for president. George Washington, the “father of his country” and the “indispensable man,” was chosen in the first two presidential electi…

We’re rapidly approaching election day, so it seems like good time to check a claim made by lobbyists for the National Popular Vote interstate compact (NPV).

Before the Constitution, the United States had a simple legislature with just one chamber. All the national legislative, executive, and judicial powers were in the hands of that Congress. It was gove…

The Nation is an old, storied magazine that has drifted so far left that it thinks Kamala Harris is too conservative.

When do presidential electors cast their state’s electoral votes?