When people cast ballots in the 2024 presidential election, their votes translate into Electoral College representation. Many wonder why the system still exists, and if it should.

In order for a candidate to become president, they must earn the majority of the Electoral College's support. A few times throughout history, the Electoral College and popular vote have not aligned.

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.

Five presidents in history have lost the popular vote but still have become president by winning the Electoral College. The most recent to do so is a familiar face, former President Donald Trump ...

Momentum to replace the Electoral College got a boost in 1968, when Richard Nixon notched a razor-thin win of the popular vote — after earlier concerns that segregationist George Wallace’s ...

The Electoral College, a unique system in US elections, assigns 538 electors who formally choose the President based on each state's representation in Congress Established in 1787 as a compromise ...

But this has nothing to do with the Electoral College. If the writer took American History, he would learn of the famous “Three Fifths Compromise” embodied in our Constitution.

The electoral college — not the national popular vote — determines who’s in and who’s out of the White House every four years. Is the system broken, and, even if so, does a better one exist?

CNN's John King tells PEOPLE about the original argument for the Electoral College — and predicts what might happen if Kamala Harris wins the popular vote but loses the 2024 presidential election ...

Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House. Five presidents in the history ...

The way Americans choose their president is wonky at best and antidemocratic at worst. Here’s what to know about the history of the Electoral College.