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More than 150 million Americans cast ballots for president in November, but it’s 538 electors who actually elect the president when they meet in state capitols every four years. That archaic process, ...

Ben Sheehan provides a comprehensive exploration of the Electoral College. Ben Sheehan unpacks the Electoral College's intricate complicated history and current complexities in this episode of “Civics ...

The presidential election is less than a week away, but there is more than one step to choosing the country’s next leader thanks to the Electoral College. While all other races are determined by ...

SACRAMENTO — Before this year’s presidential election slips into gloomy history, we should pause to slam our moldy, undemocratic vote-counting system called the electoral college. If Donald Trump had ...