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

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.

Democracy, the grand American experiment in which the people ruled through their elected representatives, died on Nov. 6, ...

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 ...

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

Michigan lost a seat in Congress and an electoral college vote as a result of the 2020 Census. It marked the fifth ...

TUCSON – Barack Obama came to John McCain’s home state Friday and honored the late Republican senator’s legacy, saying he wouldn't “over romanticize” the relationship between the one ...

WASHINGTON — To secure the White House, a presidential candidate needs to win a majority of electoral votes — at least 270.