Trump swept all seven of the hotly-contested battleground states, winning 312 electoral votes, compared to Harris’ 226. The number needed to clinch the presidency is 270. Trump was also leading ...

Both Maine and Nebraska allow electoral votes to be split. In Maine, two of four electoral votes go to the statewide winner and one electoral vote goes to the winner in each of the two ...

A key issue to understand about Electoral College is "it proportionately ... For more on the 2020 Election, visit vote.usatoday.com.

In many states in the 2024 election, the presidential candidate who snags the winner's share of electoral votes is unlikely to be a surprise. But across seven swing states – stretching from the ...

He won the electoral vote, and appeared to be on the way to winning the popular vote against Vice President Kamala Harris. MORE: Live House election results With all the states having been called ...

Meeting in their home states, electors would find it difficult to collude or buy and sell votes. A more difficult problem was how to structure the voting within the Electoral College. During the ...