Electoral College
United States
Recent News
Oct. 1, 2024, 9:35 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Wisconsin Democrats, Republicans pick new presidential electors following 2020 fake electors debacle
Sep. 25, 2024, 3:17 PM ET (AP)
Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed
Sep. 24, 2024, 3:42 PM ET (AP)
GOP governor halts push to prevent Trump from losing one of Nebraska's electoral votes
Sep. 24, 2024, 3:24 PM ET (AP)
Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
Sep. 22, 2024, 8:27 PM ET (AP)
Trump allies make another push to change Nebraska's Electoral College law
Electoral College, the system by which the president and vice president of the United States are chosen. It was devised by the framers of the United States Constitution to provide a method of election that was feasible, desirable, and consistent with a republican form of government. For the results of U.S. presidential elections, see the table. During most of the Constitutional Convention, presidential selection was vested in the legislature. The Electoral College was proposed near the end of the convention by the Committee on Unfinished Parts, chaired by David Brearley of New Jersey, to provide a system that would select ...(100 of 1455 words)