This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila ...

In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in the US presidential election, but Donald Trump still became president. This was because of the Electoral College—a system unique to the US where the ...

Here’s a little factual nugget that never fails to baffle: American voters do not directly elect the president. Yes, you read that correctly: The U.S. president is not chosen through a one-person, one ...

Early in-person voting begins for California Proposition 50 in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 25, 2025. Momentum is growing behind a push to elect U.S. presidents by the national popular vote after ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia is poised to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement already joined by 17 other states and Washington, DC, in an attempt to effectively eliminate ...

(NEXSTAR) – Efforts to end or alter the Electoral College have existed for years, but one state has brought the U.S. closer to a critical threshold that could change how votes are counted in 2028. A ...

A national effort to circumvent the Electoral College has gained another state. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill Monday that adds the state to the National Popular Vote Compact, an ...