The bitter 1800 presidential election tested the democratic structure of the United ... Republican Party ticket against the Federalist Party’s incumbent President John Adams and running mate Charles ...

Governor Kathy Hochul came up a big winner on Election Night, receiving public praise from her fellow Democrats for creating ...

Decision Day has become divisive but in Dr. Sarah Purcell’s history class at Grinnell College students learn it is hardly ...

Explore the Electoral College, a system that elects the U.S. president. Learn about its history, process, and how it differs from popular vote.

The peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of American democracy, and the White House is the physical symbol of that ...

The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period ...

With 83 of the General Assembly's 100 seats up for grabs on Election Day 2024, the big question was whether Senate Democrats ...

The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy ...

Voters appear to have decided to keep things the way they are, with 23 seats held by Democrats in the state Senate, compared ...

As Vice President Kamala Harris spent the past few months campaigning, some wondered if she’d be able to overcome the curse ...

Nebraska's allocation method, which was adopted before the 1992 election, was long seen as an innocuous curiosity.